Features
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Children in the Digital Age
There's trouble in Cyber City, and pornography is the least of it.
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Back to Class
Are Americans really just unrealistic whiners?
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The Economics of Despair
Young adults today earn half of what they would have made 20 years ago. Herewith an explanation, and a prescription, by three labor economists.
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Social Change One on One: The New Mentoring Movement
The evidence is in: Mentoring kids from single-parent families has dramatic benefits. So why aren't we doing more of it?
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Computer Clubhouses in the Inner City: Access Is Not Enough
A new kind of learning community shows how children from any neighborhood can become "technologically fluent."
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Drift or Mandate?: The 1996 Elections
The voters' decision in November will determine whether the late 1990s usher in America's "fourth Republic."
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The Starbucks Solution: Can Voluntary Codes Raise Global Living Standards
Starbucks, Wal-Mart, and Levi Strauss say they will do the right thing all over the world. That's better than if they made no commitment, but it may not be much.
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Social Compact, Version 2.0
Responsible companies promise to uphold higher values. Yet the new economy makes it harder than ever for companies to take on a broader social role -- that's hwy we invented government.
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Return of the Native
Isolationism is rising among Republicans along with antigovernment fervor. Is Bob Dole -- as Newt Gingrich says -- another Bob Taft?
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How Low Can You Go
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Was Welfare Reform Worthwhile?
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Of Our Time: Taking Care of Business
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Below the Beltway
