| Feb 7, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyLaurie Kittle of Springfield, Missouri really gets Donald Kaul’s sense of humor. In response to his hilarious Destroy Our Future column, she published this letter to the editor in the Springfield News-Leader. It began by providing him with a “sweet scented...
| Feb 6, 2012 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul and New Priorities Network coordinator Mike Prokosch make the case for deep military spending cuts and Tiffany Williams reality-checks “The Help.” On our blog, Lacy MacAuley explains why the Occupy movement...
| Feb 2, 2012 | Economy / BusinessKaren Dolan, an IPS expert on poverty and the nation’s frayed safety net, has published an op-ed on CNN’s website in response to GOP presidential hopeful’s latest “oops” moment: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”...
| Jan 30, 2012 | Rights / Democracy|RoundupIn this week’s campaign finance special edition, OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul unveils his new Super PAC and Jim Hightower gives Newt Gingrich’s Super PAC a more accurate name. Peter Hart casts a spotlight on the big-money effort underway to bypass the...
| Jan 27, 2012 | Economy / BusinessThe U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. With Europe in crisis and the world teetering on the brink of a new global recession, that quarterly growth figure is a welcome ray of...
