| Oct 2, 2013 | Economy / BusinessOur tax money As it stands, Oft ends up In private hands. These economically challenging times haven’t ended the golden deals every level of government offers business. State and federal statutes remain loaded with these giveaways. They include grants,...
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| Oct 1, 2013 | Economy / BusinessSomeone should make a movie about JPMorgan and title it: “Bankers Gone Wild.” Not long ago, America’s biggest Wall Street Empire was hailed as a paragon of financial integrity. Not now. JPMorgan has been assessed record fines of nearly a billion...
| Sep 25, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Marge Baker sizes up the next big campaign-finance case before the Supreme Court, Chuck Collins explains why you should see Inequality for All, and Jason Salzman predicts that Colorado isn’t going to be split into two states. On our...
| | Rights / DemocracyDid you get sick of that barrage of attack ads during last year’s elections? Brace yourself: It could get worse. One deep-pocketed Alabama donor named Shaun McCutcheon, joined by the Republican National Committee, will soon ask the Supreme Court to let him put...