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House Rebuffs Veto Threat on Fighter Jet Engine Program
Pollan Digests the Latest Food Politics Books
Benefits for the Long-Term Unemployed to be Debated Again
Democrats are working to pass legislation that will extend unemployment benefits, but it faces GOP opposition.
Pundits Cheered Drilling Shortly Before BP Oil Disaster
Oops. Why did the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which triggered an environmental catastrophe seem so out of the blue? Well, for starters, if you were relying on the major media for any information about offshore oil drilling’s safety, you would have known not to fret
Fighting War Funding
Activists are urging Congress to stop wasting so much money on what increasingly look like futile wars.
America’s Crusade Against Workers
But even without new laws, the government could–if it chose–wield the power to influence employer practices by scrutinizing the behavior of its own suppliers and service contractors. Pressure there could alter the tone of management generally, and slow the speedy erosion of employment quality that is now common and growing in our republic.
Safe Food, from Soil to Plate
Americans need to adopt a broader approach to evaluating the quality of their food, from soil to plate. We must consider the integrity of the overall production process in addition to evaluating the immediate safety of the food that reaches the consumer. While outbreaks and hospitalizations grab headlines, there are unseen other costs to our current production system.
Resurrect the Estate Tax
America’s first-ever billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, died in 1937. His heirs faced a 70 percent estate tax on the bulk of his estate. Tycoon Dan Duncan’s heirs are enjoying a zero percent estate tax. When he died, his son and three daughters became instant billionaires.
A Main Street and MLK Boulevard Stimulus
“What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can’t afford a hamburger?” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked in 1968. Today, many of us who fought for lunch-counter rights have children and grandchildren who can’t afford a restaurant meal.
Worker Fairy Tale
