In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Matias Ramos weighs in on President Obama’s new immigration policy and Janet Redman looks at what’s at stake in this week’s Rio+20 environmental summit. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.
- The Elephant in Rio / Janet Redman
Don’t bank on a new “green economy” to solve our climate challenges. - Obama’s DREAM Gambit / Matias Ramos
With this new immigration policy, Obama is galvanizing his reelection prospects and potentially boosting support for many Democratic congressional candidates in November. - Low-Wage Nation / Peter Edelman
Poverty and inequality are threatening our democracy. - Making the World Safer for the Next Bernie Madoff / Joe Newman
Lawmakers are pushing a bill that would hand the oversight of investment advisers to an organization with an inherent conflict of interest. - Running for Magician-in-Chief / Donald Kaul
Republicans are embracing a dangerous Marxist philosophy. - Wisconsin’s Alien Seed / Jim Hightower
There can be no joy in the fact that money rules. - The War on Drugs Is the Dumbest of Them All / William A. Collins
We went through this exercise once before with Prohibition. - Broken Planet / Khalil Bendib
Broken Planet, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib
