The Lineup: Week of Dec. 5-11, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Dec. 5-11, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Jim Hightower lampoons a luxury tent Neiman Marcus is marketing to the uber-rich this holiday season. Please also check out Karen Dolan’s witty take on the collapse of Herman Cain’s presidential bid...
The Lineup: Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Janet Redman sizes up the latest reasons for the international community to take bold action to halt climate change and cartoonist Khalil Bendib illustrates how hard it’s getting to deny that global warming is a...
The Lineup: Week of Nov. 21-27, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Nov. 21-27, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Sarah Anderson suggests concrete steps toward a more balanced budget that would make the U.S. economy healthier, more equitable, and sustainable and rein in runaway military spending. Get all this and more in your...
The Lineup: Week of Nov. 14-20, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Nov. 14-20, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Tom Israel provides a roundup of progressive electoral victories at the ballot box that could serve as a “signpost” for the 2012 elections. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly...
The Lineup: Week of Nov. 7-13, 2011

The Lineup: Week of Nov. 7-13, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, William A. Collins, Donald Kaul, and Gerald Scorse look at the intersection of wealth and taxes. Scorse proposes a deficit-shrinking end to the gap between the taxes on capital gains and income that would raise more...
Emerging Economies Join G20 Coalition to Tax Speculation

Emerging Economies Join G20 Coalition to Tax Speculation

Talk about piling on. Bill Gates, the Pope, Michael Moore, the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1,000 parliamentarians, 1,000 economists, the world’s major labor leaders, Occupy Wall Street protesters, Oxfam and other major development groups, thousands of nurses, the...