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Tidings of Discomfort for the Poor
This Vanilla Experiment Stinks
Isn't it so inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or crook, and deceive and gouge consumers? Welcome once again to the phantasmagoric world of DNA manipulators. In particular, this branch of genetic...
This Week in OtherWords: October 30, 2013
This week in OtherWords, Jim Hightower observes that Uncle Sam is subsidizing fast-food chains whose rock-bottom pay makes their workers rely on government assistance to make ends meet, while Sam Pizzigati highlights a new milestone for runaway CEO pay. Donald Kaul is...
A Manufactured Scandal
The American tragedy in Benghazi is the most investigated terrorist attack of its kind in recent history. Eight House and Senate committees have probed the attack, generating 18 hearings, 40 administration briefings, and the production of at least 25,000 pages of...
A Smarter Pentagon Budget
Our bloated military budget contributes significantly to our massive national debt and threatens the very security it's intended to provide. Several expensive and unnecessary military programs are behind this paradox. The Pentagon should cut them from its $640.5...
A Better Budget Deal
Tea-partying Republicans supposedly pine for smaller government, lower taxes and, of course, the Affordable Care Act's demise. The conventional wisdom is that these rigid, Republican extremists need to be countered by "moderate" Democrats who will behave like the...
The Border Patrol’s Out-of-Control Growth
On October 8, Tucson police officers pulled over a driver because the light above his license plate wasn't working. When he didn't present a license, a typical scenario unfolded: Under Arizona's infamous SB 1070 law, cops become de facto immigration enforcement...
Will Congress Blow This Chance to Propel Green Jobs?
Are you tired of the political brinksmanship, eleventh-hour deals, and avoidable financial crises that characterize business as usual in Congress? So is the wind energy industry. Once again, one of the few mechanisms in the tax code designed to reward clean-energy...
Where Are the Celebrations for Corporate America’s $100-Million Paychecks?
In 1930, an obscure lawsuit against Bethlehem Steel unearthed some corporate data that would quickly outrage Great Depression-era America. Bethlehem CEO W. R. Grace, Americans learned, had grabbed $1.6 million in personal compensation the year before. That revelation...
Child Labor Shouldn’t Haunt Halloween
I can't bring myself to be the Grinch who stole Halloween. I just can't, even though I write about healthy food. I even eat (mostly) healthy food. Friends and colleagues expect me to have something to say about Halloween. But how can anyone condemn an innocent day of...
