To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Yes, She Can
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Will she? She will. Would she? She would. It was inevitable. She did. Now where is that tingling feeling? I remember when Fritz Mondale announced that he had chosen Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Mind you, I knew – I’d already switched her hotel rooms around. But I still got that […]
Scurrilous Corporate Thieves Are Stealing Workers’ Comp
BY JIM HIGHTOWER They say there’s honor among thieves, but I say: That depends on the thieves. Your common street thief, yes – but not those princely CEO’s of corporate larceny. America’s working families have learned the elites in the top suites are rewarded for being pickpockets, swindlers, thugs and scoundrels, routinely committing mass economic […]
Farming Moves North With The Temperatures
BY FROMA HARROP Before there was a California, New England fed itself. Somehow. The soil was lousy, the climate cold and the diet limited [lots of cabbage, no avocados]. At least there was plenty of water. Thanks to improved transportation, the production of fruits and vegetables followed the sun, first moving to the fertile Midwest […]
2016 Presidential Candidates Address Inequality – Sort Of
BY JIM HIGHTOWER At last, America’s political leaders indicate that they now hear the voices and feel the pain of the poor and of the millions of working families slipping out of the middle class. Congress had previously paid no attention to the ever-widening chasm between the rich and the rest of us, but that […]
Suing Over Soft Sexism Can Hold Women Back
BY FROMA HARROP Ellen Pao’s gender discrimination suit against her employer contained the juicy elements that captivate us. The plaintiff was a Harvard-educated lawyer suing for a healthy $16 million. The defendant was Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the high-powered venture capital firm. The locale was Silicon Valley, where many complain that the big fortunes […]