This week in OtherWords, Tracy Fernandez Rysavy explains why Dominion’s plans to export natural gas from Cove Point, Maryland would be a fracking boondoggle and Jim Hightower skewers Walgreen’s corporate bosses for writing a sick prescription.
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- A Fracking Boondoggle / Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
The public would pay a heavy price for a $4 billion gas export terminal in Maryland at Cove Point. - Safeguarding Free Speech in the Digital Age / Timothy Karr
Despite broad support, net neutrality is being held hostage by Washington politics. - Keeping Up with the Transit Turnaround / Isaiah J. Poole
Political gridlock over the Highway Trust Fund is blocking the road toward more public transportation options. - Extreme Nutrition / Jill Richardson
Unless you’re in danger of overdosing on exercise, don’t eat like it. - Walgreen Writes its Own Sick Prescription / Jim Hightower
The nation’s biggest drugstore chain may pretend it’s a Swiss company to cut its tax bill. - A Deluded Consensus on Discrimination / Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins
Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling made it clear that bigotry still flourishes. - The State of Runaway CEO Pay Resistance / Sarah Anderson
Since Congress is sitting on its hands, progress on reining in executive over-compensation is cropping up elsewhere. - Fracking Lucrative Train of Thought / Khalil Bendib
Fracking Lucrative Train of Thought, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib
