The Lineup: Week of July 25-31, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Marge Baker sums up the Supreme Court’s tendency to rule in favor of corporations in an op-ed accompanied by a Khalil Bendib cartoon. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter....
America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry

America Doesn’t Need a Tax-Dodging Industry

Like a pack of men in suits mud wrestling, Washington’s budget battle would be entertaining to watch if we the people weren’t about to get hurt. The zeal of Republican lawmakers and their compliant counterparts in the Democratic Party to slash spending on...
Getting Main Street to Call the Shots

Getting Main Street to Call the Shots

Thanks to massive bailout funding from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury, Wall Street survived the financial crash it created. This year, its titans are enjoying record share prices, corporate profits, and executive bonuses. The financial assets of America’s...
Our Non-Nuclear Future

Our Non-Nuclear Future

Several decades ago, three expert nuclear engineers told a congressional panel why they decided to quit: “We could no longer justify devoting our life energies to the continued development and expansion of nuclear fission power — a system we believe to be so...