In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Salvatore Babones makes the case for boosting Social Security benefits instead of cutting them and Bartlett Naylor calls on the government to fulfill a commitment to curb reckless behavior on Wall Street. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.
- The Real Social Security Crisis / Salvatore Babones
It may be difficult to face facts in an election year, but the fact is that Social Security retirement benefits are just too low. - Black Women Make History Too / Martha Burk
Coretta Scott King was MLK’s equal partner. - Risky Business / Bartlett Naylor
Astronomic compensation remains the norm on Wall Street. - Politics, Perpetrators, and the Plight of Women / Allyson Neville-Morgan
Angelina Jolie’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey” is an important reminder that the international community can’t forgo its responsibility to respond to genocide. - Un-Presidential Primaries / Donald Kaul
Despite the Santorum speed bump, it seems certain now that Mitt Romney will be the eventual nominee. - The Chief Twinkie Goes Ding Dong / Jim Hightower
After sinking into bankruptcy, Hostess Brands is trying to squeeze its workers without disrupting its junk food sales. - Racist Double Whammy / William A. Collins
African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the Great Recession and the Great Disenfranchisement. - American Roulette / Khalil Bendib
American Roulette, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib