Emily Schwartz Greco was the Institute’s op-ed manager and ran OtherWords. OtherWords is a non-profit editorial service that distributes progressive commentary and cartoons to approximately 1,700 editors at newspapers and new media outlets across the nation. She is also an OtherWords weekly columnist. As a writing coach , she had trained a group of New Economy Maryland fellows to write more effectively for the public.

Prior to coming to IPS in 2003, Emily covered foreign policy and economics in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as Washington and New York, for the Dow Jones and Bloomberg News services. She earned a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in Latin American studies and history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has traveled extensively in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two young children.

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This Week in OtherWords: June 12, 2013

Timothy Karr discusses the surveillance scandal.

This Week in OtherWords: A Spotlight on Poverty

Jill Richardson puts her own brush with food stamps into a broader context.

Cleaning Up Our Portfolios

A new movement is putting pressure on people and institutions to dump their investments in dirty energy companies.

This Week in OtherWords: May 29, 2013

Bob Lord points to the larger story behind Apple’s outrageous-without-being-illegal tax record.

This Week in OtherWords: May 22, 2013

Martha Burk weighs in on the military’s lackluster efforts to stop sexual assaults within the ranks.

This Week in OtherWords: May 15, 2013

Jill Richardson warns readers gearing up for their summer barbecues about the rise of superbugs.

Our Stake in Guatemala’s Genocide Trial

Thirty years after Rios Montt’s atrocities, U.S. military policy in Latin America remains a human rights disaster.

This Week in OtherWords: May 8, 2013

Jim Hightower weighs in on the larger context behind the recent garment worker tragedy in Bangladesh.

This Week in OtherWords: May 1, 2013

Jo Comerford and Donald Kaul weigh in on the government’s reversal of sequester-driven cuts that were making air travel inconvenient.

This Week in OtherWords: April 24, 2013

Jill Richardson looks at the Texas factory explosion in the context of whether we should be using so much nitrogen fertilizer in the first place.

The Pot Prohibition Runs Its Course

Now that most Americans support the legalization of marijuana, some Republicans back the right of states to stop banning it.

This Week in OtherWords: April 17, 2013

Donald Kaul skewers the “progress” Congress is making on gun control.

This Week in OtherWords: April 10, 2013

David Elliot highlights some of the hidden costs of the nation’s supersized military might.

Under-Taxing the Rich Is Uncivilized

We all pay for those cuts down the road.

This Week in OtherWords: Tax Day Special Edition

Sam Paltrow-Krulwich talks about the “gay tax” her family must pay until the nation fully embraces marriage equality.

This Week in OtherWords: March 27, 2013

Jill Richardson makes the case for raising chickens in your backyard and Sam Pizzigati discusses Ford’s worker-financed bailout.

The Military-Industrial Threat to the Nation’s Well-Being

It’s time for some serious spring cleaning at the Pentagon.

This Week in OtherWords: February 27, 2013

Jo Comerford likens the imminent across-the-board budget cuts to a truck careening toward a brick wall.

What Post-Racial America?

It will take more than President Barack Obama’s tenure to vanquish American prejudice and racial injustice.

This Week in OtherWords: February 20, 2013

Donald Kaul puts the brutality of drone warfare into historical context.

Op-Ed Manager

Dodging the Fiscal Swindle

The Galesburg (IL) Planet | December 9, 2012

Dodging the Fiscal Swindle

The (Los Angeles CA) Bell Gardens Sun | December 6, 2012

Just Don’t Say Climate Change

The Reporter (Palos Heights IL) | October 4, 2012

Just Don’t Say Climate Change

The Bemidji (MN) Pioneer | October 3, 2012

Washington’s Democratic Double-Standard

The Register Citizen (Torrington CT) | August 11, 2012

Washington’s Democratic Double-Standard

The Alliance (OH) Review | August 7, 2012

Donald Kaul’s Breather

The Des Moines (IA) Register | July 26, 2012

Donald Kaul’s Breather

The Mason City (IA) Globe Gazette | July 24, 2012

Making Sense of Poverty Numbers

Common Dreams | September 24, 2010

Making Sense of Poverty Numbers

Denver Post | September 24, 2010

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