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.

1. The Elephant in Rio / Janet Redman
   Don’t bank on a new “green economy” to solve our climate challenges.
2. 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.
3. Low-Wage Nation / Peter Edelman
   Poverty and inequality are threatening our democracy.
4. 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.
5. Running for Magician-in-Chief / Donald Kaul
   Republicans are embracing a dangerous Marxist philosophy.
6. Wisconsin’s Alien Seed / Jim Hightower
   There can be no joy in the fact that money rules.
7. The War on Drugs Is the Dumbest of Them All / William A. Collins
   We went through this exercise once before with Prohibition.
8. Broken Planet / Khalil Bendib

Broken Planet, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib