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Operation Lip Service
The popular uprising in Bahrain shows no signs of going away.
Bank of America’s Healthier Roots
The father of Bank of America wouldn’t recognize it today. The “built-to-last” institution he founded has turned into a “built-to-loot” operation obsessed with short-term gains.
Amadeo P. Giannini built Bank of America into the first nationwide financial institution. The Italian American’s success hinged on his determination to challenge the notion that banks should benefit society’s wealthiest members.
Meting out Injustice in Mississippi
Two years ago, Mike McIntosh suffered brain damage as well as stab wounds, a broken nose, and other injuries when he was beaten nearly to death during a melee at a prison in Mississippi. A dozen others were hospitalized.
Our Ruinous Game
The apparent suicide of Junior Seau, the former NFL superstar linebacker, has again raised the age-old question: “Is playing football dangerous, as in potentially lethal?”
Coddling the 10 Percent
Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers serve them freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies.
USS Excess
Abortion Politics
You have to hand it to the Catholic bishops. They not only define abortion, but also birth control, as murder. And they’re willing to pin the very future of their Church to this arcane belief. Sounds a bit like the Republican Party.
The Lineup: Week of May 7-13, 2012
Donald Kaul makes the case for eating more vegetables.
Wall Street’s Speed Freaks
The power suits making billions off the stock market are always trying to assure us that their trading serves a socially redeeming purpose. They steer money to companies and industries that make our economy more productive, they claim.
Grassroots Victory
A coalition of some of the world’s biggest and greediest corporations, which lobbied to shift their tax burden from themselves to America’s fast-disappearing middle class, is no more.
