Power Plays
It’s too late to move energy over into the public sector, but we can do a whole lot better on subsidies, permits, and regulations
Supreme Corp.
See no corporate malfeasance, hear no corporate malfeasance, speak no corporate malfeasance.
New Report Exposes Wall Street Lobby Against CEO Pay Reform
The requirement for companies to report incentive-based pay arrangements is under attack.
The Lineup: Week of July 18-24, 2011
Janet Redman addresses the relationship between increasingly harsh weather events and climate change.
Connecting Extreme Weather Dots Across the Map
Talking about the weather isn’t small talk any more.
Marching to Save Our Schools
Our kids have gotten the message: the test is all that matters.
Casino Crops
A global farm crash is looming.
Justice Department Gives Torturers a Pass
What will we say when other governments follow our example by providing immunity from prosecution to torturers?
Sleazy Corporate Holiday
You were right, Dad; they’re all in it together.
Massey Energy’s Man-Made Hell Hole
Republicans and a few coal-state Democrats have cynically blocked passage of tougher mine safety laws that would stop the murderous greed of coal profiteers.
Weather Extremists
Only an extremist would believe that extreme weather is caused by extreme human behavior.
Haiti, the Caribbean Sweatshop
The country’s economy leans on underpaid workers and remittances from its startlingly enterprising emigrants.
The Lineup: Week of July 11-17, 2011
Chris Toensing calls for an “honest national conversation about Iraq” and John Franco highlights some of the latest political outrages in Wisconsin.
A Strategy for Coping with Unemployment
Resilience Circles are springing up across the United States.
Washington’s Physics Problem in Iraq
There’s a growing bipartisan consensus in favor of a prolonged “residual” occupation of Iraq without any open debate about the merits of this dangerous and expensive plan.