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Hurricane Francis
Battles are raging over whether local government officials have a religious right to refuse to marry same-sex couples. And the federal government may shut down over a dispute concerning funding for Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion reproductive health services. As if...
My Brush with Elon Musk
About five years ago, a close friend of mine and I had an idea for a television news program. As luck would have it, my friend had gone to high school with a guy who, at the time, just happened to be the president of NBC. We arranged to have drinks at a fancy hotel...
Missing the Forest for the AC
Most of us care about conservation, at least a little. But sometimes we miss the forest for the trees — or in this case, the AC. Take the hostel I recently stayed at in California. All the lights in the hostel were compact fluorescents — those energy-efficient coils...
Thirty Bucks to Take on the Billionaires
For today's report, I have a bunch of statistics for you. Where are you going? Come back here and sit still while I drill these stats into your head! I realize that numbers can numb the brain, but this is a good story, and I promise that these statistics are easy to...
The Stock Market Breaks into Cold Sweats
Fiorina’s Dubious Cheerleader
You know your presidential campaign is in a heap of hurt when you need Tom Perkins to defend your "abilities, intellect, and talent." But there Perkins was in The New York Times recently, having bought a full-page ad attesting to the presidential worthiness of Carly...
Have Your Coke and Guzzle It Too
Good news about obesity: A new scientific organization is coming to grips with this bulging national problem. Called the Global Energy Balance Network, it comes at obesity from a unique perspective. According to them, the key to controlling one's weight isn’t cutting...
In OtherWords: A Labor Day Special Edition
This week in OtherWords, we’re running a Labor Day special edition in which Sarita Gupta writes about the labor movement’s efforts to make employee schedules more consistent and Donald Kaul weighs in on Donald Trump’s passion for pitting workers against each other....
Making America Work for Working People
For millions of working parents like me, the juggling act between our homes and offices gets even more frantic as our kids head back to school. My daughter just started kindergarten. Some days, I’m proud of how my husband and I manage the demands of our jobs while...
When Unions and Civil Rights Activists Worked Together
Rick Smith hosts a daily radio talk show based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which bills itself as the place "where working people come to talk." Smith makes it his business to know the pulse of the labor movement. But he admits to one area where his knowledge was...
