This week in OtherWords, Ryan Alexander questions the wisdom of spending $1.5 trillion on F-35 combat jets and Jill Richardson urges everyone to get hooked on apples.
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- We Can’t Go On Eating Like This / John Feffer
With more of us crowding a warming planet, we need agricultural change. - When $1.5 Trillion Could Be Too Low, the Price Tag Is Too High / Ryan Alexander
It’s not too late to for Congress to curb the Pentagon’s plans for the absurdly expensive F-35 combat jet. - Hooked on Apples / Jill Richardson
Turning the tide on diabetes will require the next generation to establish healthy habits early on. - We’re All in This Together / Tiffany Williams
Labor organizers are increasingly enlisting consumers in campaigns to improve conditions for low-wage workers. - Snooping on Everyone While the Big Box Thieves Get Busy / Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins
Congress is still dragging its feet on fixes more than a year after Edward Snowden’s alarming revelations first came to light. - The Nouveau Sodbusters / Jim Hightower
Wall Street’s fake farmers are harvesting sweet profits. - Seeds of Greed / Khalil Bendib cartoon
Seeds of Greed, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib
