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This week in OtherWords, William A. Collins and I explain why most efforts to block the spread of green energy are losing and Ron Carver reflects on how Mississippi has (and hasn't) changed half a century after the Freedom Summer. Our longtime columnist Donald Kaul...

This week in OtherWords, Marjorie E. Wood weighs in on the unpredictable schedules Wal-Mart gives its workers, William A. Collins and I explain why Wall Street often tanks on good economic news, and Jill Richardson highlights the holes in supposedly feminist shampoo...

This week in OtherWords, Mitchell Zimmerman looks at how U.S. policies stoked the Central American violence that's sending thousands of children across the border in search of refuge and I explain why Hillary Clinton's Honduran blunders should curb her unbeatability...

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. Do you want to make sure...

This week in OtherWords, Raul A. Reyes explains why the Republican Party has earned a red card with its immigration inaction and Jill Richardson weighs in on the links between imported shrimp and modern-day slavery. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest...

This week in OtherWords, Bob Lord reflects on the information gleaned when he helped expose an Arizona official who moonlighted as a crude Internet troll while Jill Richardson and I weigh in on Brazil's soccer madness, climate record, and economic dynamism. Do you...

This week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati and Jeff Vogel call on the NSA to follow the money, Jim Hightower chuckles over the NRA's brush with sanity, and Richard J. Eskow explains why Eric Cantor's defeat should be a teachable moment for Democrats. Do you want to make...