{"id":339274,"date":"2017-12-13T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-december-13-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T17:28:33","slug":"in-otherwords-december-13-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-december-13-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"In OtherWords: December 13, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week saw Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, the accused serial sexual predator and GOP Senate candidate, in deep red Alabama. It was a narrow miss, but black voters and millennials helped Jones eek out a victory.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s hard not to notice that a man also accused of serial sexual misconduct still sits in the White House. This week, Khalil Bendib illustrates that irony, while Jill Richardson argues that we need a consistent standard of punishment for powerful men who harass and assault.<\/p>\n

While the Alabama race has grabbed the headlines, another key vote looms this week: the FCC’s expected decision to remove net neutrality protections for internet users.<\/p>\n

Jim Hightower reports on the stakes for consumers and internet users. And Mark Luskus shares a shocking story about having his personal information stolen by people shilling for internet service corporations.<\/p>\n

Finally, as the holidays draw near, my colleague Jessicah Pierre reports on the tense times facing tens of thousands Haitian families in our country, thanks to a cruel recent federal decision.<\/p>\n

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Khalil Bendib \/ OtherWords.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. Corporate Interests Are Warping the Internet<\/a>\u00a0\/ Mark Luskus
    \nSomeone submitted millions of fake comments against the open internet using stolen identities \u2014 including mine.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. A Cruel Holiday Gift for Refugee Families<\/a>\u00a0\/ Jessicah Pierre
    \nFor 60,000 Haitian immigrants, this holiday season is filled with fear and uncertainty.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. We Agree Assault Is Bad. Let\u2019s Agree on How to Punish It.<\/a>\u00a0\/ Jill Richardson
    \nKevin Spacey can’t play the president on TV because he committed sexual assault. Our real president brags about assault and stays in office.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Is This the End of Free and Open Internet Access?<\/a>\u00a0\/ Jim Hightower
    \nCorporate executives never let virtue stand in the way of profit.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Big League Predators<\/a>\u00a0\/ Khalil Bendib<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    The post In OtherWords: December 13, 2017<\/a> appeared first on OtherWords<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    This piece was reprinted from Other Words<\/a> by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This week saw Doug Jones beat Roy Moore, the accused serial sexual predator and GOP Senate candidate, in deep red Alabama. It was a narrow miss, but black voters and millennials helped Jones eek out a victory. Of course, it’s hard not to notice that a man also accused of serial sexual misconduct still sits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2523,"featured_media":339275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}