| Oct 5, 2011 | Economy / BusinessSens. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and John McCain (R-AZ) have announced plans to introduce a bill tomorrow that would let U.S. companies bring home as much as $1.4 trillion of overseas profits at a steeply reduced tax rate. However, a new report by the Institute for Policy...
| Oct 4, 2011 | Economy / BusinessA powerful coalition of U.S.-based global companies is lobbying hard for a “tax holiday” on offshore profits. Companies like Google, Apple, Pfizer, and General Electric have parked huge amounts of profits — a stash totaling more than $1.4 trillion...
| Oct 3, 2011 | Roundup|UncategorizedIn the wake of Troy Davis’s execution, this week’s OtherWords editorial package features an op-ed by Marc Morial and a cartoon by Khalil Bendib addressing capital punishment’s “long shadow of doubt.” Get all this and more in your inbox by...
| | Rights / DemocracyMany of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” At the time, it’s not likely that we would have sensed any looming controversy behind those grade school lessons....
| | Rights / DemocracySeptember 21, 2011 was a sad day for American justice. On that date at 11:08 pm, the state of Georgia administered a lethal injection into the body of 42-year-old Troy Davis and put him to death. With his dying breath, Troy Davis maintained his innocence in the 1989...
