| 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...
| Sep 26, 2011 | Roundup|UncategorizedIn this week’s OtherWords editorial package, my colleague Matias Ramos describes his latest immigration ordeal. It began when an employee of a company with a government contract attempted to expedite his deportation even though the Obama administration had...
| Sep 19, 2011 | Roundup|UncategorizedIn this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Karen Dolan explains why we need to preserve the nation’s safety net and Tim Butterworth describes Social Security’s origins. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If...
