In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Jim Hightower highlights a mountaintop removal mining breakthrough and Donald Kaul reviews GOP proposals for slashing federal spending. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.

  1. What if Jared Loughner Were a Muslim Arab Immigrant? / Phyllis Bennis
  2. End the Factory Farm Nightmare / Andrew Gunther
  3. Ripping off Newspaper Websites Shortchanges Democracy / Jason Salzman
  4. All Women Deserve a Sporting Chance / Martha Burk
  5. Roadmap to Disaster / Donald Kaul
  6. Finally, Washington Frowns on Mountaintop Removal Mining / Jim Hightower
  7. Be Glad You’re Not Yemeni / William A. Collins
  8. El-Oughner / Khalil Bendib
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