THIS WEEK IN OTHER WORDS: 11/27/13

This Week in OtherWords: November 27, 

2013

Marge Baker explains why Harry Reid took the "nuclear option" and Jim Hightower weighs in on the Canton, Ohio Walmart's food drive for its own low-paid workers.

By Emily Schwartz Greco

This week in OtherWords, Marge Baker explains why Harry Reid took the “nuclear option,” Jim Hightower weighs in on the Canton, Ohio Walmart’s food drive for its own low-paid workers, and Tiffany Williams praises the new film Sunlight Jr. for its portrayal of the kind of poverty Hollywood usually ignores. Donald Kaul is still taking a break.

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1. Finally, Hollywood Discovers the Drama in Everyday Poverty / Tiffany Williams
   Some movies offer an escape from reality. Sunlight, Jr. is the rare film that can awaken us to it.
2. We’re Not Broke — We’ve Been Robbed / Richard Kirsch
   Slashing government spending now is just going to make our nation poorer.
3. The Other Government Shutdown / Marge Baker
   Reid’s use of the “nuclear option” will finally make the Senate do its job.
4. The Retirement Deficit / Sam Pizzigati
   Many of America’s CEOs don’t think we’re “entitled” to a secure retirement.
5. Islands in the Storm / Jill Richardson
   Some of Super Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation was made in the USA.
6. Tiny Tim Time at Walmart / Jim Hightower
   Shouldn’t Sam Walton’s heirs at least pony up a pittance from their prodigious inheritance for a few turkey-and-sweet-potato dinners on Thanksgiving?
7. A Better Grip on Climate Change / Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins
   There’s plenty that you can do about it.
8. Attack of the Budget Slashers / Khalil Bendib cartoon
   

   Attack of the Budget Slashers, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib

Emily Schwartz Greco is the managing editor of OtherWords, a non-profit national editorial service run by the Institute for Policy Studies. OtherWords.org

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