This week in OtherWords, Fredric Rolando describes how letter carriers often serve their customers across the country in unexpected ways and Sam Pizzigati discusses how Utah’s distinction as one of the most economically equal states is fading.

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1. The False Choice between Security and Liberty / Aimee Thomson
   How much of our privacy and how many of our constitutional rights are we willing to give up to protect this country from violent attack?
2. When Postal Workers Double as First Responders / Fredric Rolando
   They’re often the only watchful eyes in a neighborhood when most residents are at work or school.
3. The Un-American Way / Wenonah Hauter
   The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal threatens food safety and public health.
4. Et Tu, Buddhist? / Donald Kaul
   In every war, both sides claim that God’s on their side.
5. In America’s West, Equality Takes a Hit / Sam Pizzigati
   Utah may be losing its egalitarian advantage.
6. The Fake Thing / Jill Richardson
   With a newfound exercise obsession, Coca-Cola and other companies are trying to shift the blame for what they’re doing to our health.
7. Wall Street’s Fix for Homelessness / Jim Hightower
   A former hedge fund manager believes that charity causes poverty.
8. The Medical-Industrial Complex / William A. Collins
   Our health industry’s big players focus on making as much money as possible.
9. Patients vs Profits / Khalil BendibEmily Schwartz Greco is the managing editor of OtherWords, a non-profit national editorial service run by the Institute for Policy Studies. OtherWords.org

Patients vs Profits, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib