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Massey Energy’s Man-Made Hell Hole
West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch coal mine was a disaster even before it exploded into an underground inferno last year, killing 29 miners.
Weather Extremists
Haiti, the Caribbean Sweatshop
It’s baseball season in America, and for every ball that’s scuffed in the dirt or fouled in the stands, another is quietly stitched in an abysmal Haitian sweatshop. Pay and working conditions in Haiti are the worst in the Western Hemisphere, and that’s saying something.
The Lineup: Week of July 11-17, 2011
In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Chris Toensing calls for an “honest national conversation about Iraq” and John Franco highlights some of the latest political outrages in Wisconsin. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.
A Strategy for Coping with Unemployment
The jobless rate rose to 9.2 percent in June, which means yet more Americans are waking up to the disorienting experience of having no job to report to. How are they coping?
Washington’s Physics Problem in Iraq
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, says its chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, has a “physics problem.”
This Isn’t What Democracy Looks Like
Wisconsin Republicans have finally stopped pretending to uphold the sanctity of the political process. Instead of allowing the will of the Wisconsin electorate to determine the fate of six Republican state senators facing recall elections, Republican Party leaders have blatantly decided to buy more time.
The GOP’s Honeymoon Is So Over
Republicans swept last year’s elections. The GOP captured more than 675 state legislative seats, flipped 10 governor’s mansions, gained control of over 20 state legislative chambers, and won more than 60 seats in Congress previously occupied by Democrats.
President Concession
I’m starting to worry about Barack Obama.
Bring Our Troops Home
At long last, America’s overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun. “The tide of war is receding,” President Barack Obama declared as he announced that 10,000 troops would come home this year and 23,000 more next year.
