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Is It Time to Put Down the Bacon?
By now you've probably heard the sobering news: Red meat may cause cancer. And bacon and other popular processed meats definitely do, the World Health Organization says. Does that mean we all need to quit eating processed meats — no pun intended — cold turkey? For...
Can Jeb Bush Even Spell Integrity?
If you're a presidential aspirant and you have to tell people you’re a person of integrity, chances are you're not. Those odds get worse if you have to hire someone else to attest to your honor. How intriguing, then, that Kristy Campbell — a spokeswoman for Jeb Bush's...
Going to Syria in a Handbasket
How Rabid Extremists Exiled a 14-Year-Old
Our country's pack of foam-at-the-mouth, mad-dog, right-wing extremists just scored another win. For weeks, a crazed pack of these howlers had stalked, snarled, and snapped at a 14-year-old boy from Texas. Why was he under such a furious assault? Because his name is...
Is GDP Over?
Crossposted from Inequality.org. Organizers of October’s fifth OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy could barely contain their sense of satisfaction when the three-day event opened in Guadalajara, Mexico. Why all the good cheer? Officials at the...
In OtherWords: October 28, 2015
This week in OtherWords, Medea Benjamin flags Hillary Clinton’s hawkish foreign policy record and Josh Hoxie explains why he shares Bernie Sanders’ passion for Denmark. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from OtherWords? Please subscribe to our free...
Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Learned a Thing from Iraq
As the first Democratic presidential debate drew to a close, moderator Anderson Cooper posed a question to Hillary Clinton: How might her presidency differ from Barack Obama's? Clinton smiled. “Well, I think it's pretty obvious,” she replied to rapturous applause....
Why Are We Hearing So Much about Those Damn Danes?
If you ask Bernie Sanders about his version of socialism, you'll probably hear a lot about the small Scandinavian country perhaps best known for inventing Legos. Anderson Cooper experienced this firsthand when he asked about the Vermont senator's embrace of democratic...
Pay Fair or Pay Up
Have you ever complained about the cost of funding social programs for the poor? Then you should support a living wage for workers. That’s the message supporters of the Responsible Business Act are sending employers in Chicago. The bill would charge Cook County...
Trying a Fossil Fiend
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants the Justice Department to investigate and potentially prosecute ExxonMobil for corporate fraud. The Vermont senator is alarmed by reports that the energy giant spread doubt about climate change despite knowing since 1977 that...
