| May 13, 2015 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, John Kiriakou calls for an end to impunity for the people responsible for the CIA’s use of torture and Donald Kaul pokes fun at the newfound interest among presidential hopefuls in inequality. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the...
| | Food / FarmingTo hear some politicians tell it, America’s welfare system is facing a grave crisis: Millions of poor people, they say, are idling away their time eating lobster and relaxing on cruises. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, for example, recently signed welfare reform...
| | Environment / HealthIf you live in Virginia and would like to shrink your carbon footprint, here’s what passes for good news: We’re now officially free to ban fracking. For two years, Old Dominion communities weren’t at liberty to prevent that kind of oil and gas drilling. After the...
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| May 12, 2015 | Environment / HealthSome of corporate America’s biggest climate-change deniers — from Exxon-Mobil to the Koch Brothers — are dreading a potent storm that’s gaining strength and headed right at them. It’s the category-5 “Hurricane Francis,” which threatens to...
