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Where Race Isn't Off-Limits
Jamelle Bouie
Americans don't know how to talk about race because they only do it when they absolutely have to.
President Barack Obama, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley head to a talk in the Rose Garden. (White House Photo/Pete Souza)
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The Climate Fight Heads to California
Jeff Spross
TAP talks to economist Matthew Kahn about the promise of California's fledgling cap-and-trade system -- and the campaign to undo it.
Professor Matthew Kahn (UCLA)
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Obama's Surveillance Power Grab
Julian Sanchez
The Obama administration wants to "clarify" FBI power to get online records without warrants -- and vastly expand it.
FBI Director Robert Mueller during a news conference on the gathering of personal information. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Editors' Picks
Renaissance Fair
In an era when female artists top the music charts, do we need a women's music festival?
June 3, 2010 | By Shani O. Hilton
Better Farmers Markets
Farmers markets need to do more to tackle the convenience problem.
May 24, 2010 | By Latoya Peterson | web only
Consumer Protection as Systemic Safety
If we safeguard consumers, we also save the entire financial system from its own excesses.
April 26, 2010 | By Elizabeth Warren
The Next Diplomatic Cable
Technology helped make Barack Obama president. Can it help Hillary Clinton save the world?
July 27, 2009 | By Nancy Scola | web only
The Real Economics of Immigration Reform
Ignoring the economic role of immigration hurts Americans.
February 12, 2009 | By Cristina Jimenez | web only
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The Climate Fight Heads to California
Jeff Spross
July 30, 2010 | web only
TAP talks to economist Matthew Kahn about the promise of California's fledgling cap-and-trade system -- and the campaign to undo it.
Burying "Post-Racial"
Joel Anderson
July 28, 2010 | web only
We're so far from achieving a post-racial society that even using the term is harmful.
A Labor War Ended
Harold Meyerson
July 27, 2010 | web only
SEIU and UNITE HERE come to terms.
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Obama's Surveillance Power Grab
Julian Sanchez
July 29, 2010 | web only
The Obama administration wants to "clarify" FBI power to get online records without warrants -- and vastly expand it.
Digital Copywrongs
Tom Lee
July 28, 2010 | web only
New DMCA exemptions are an improvement, but the basic paradox of telling consumers how they may use electronics remains unaddressed.
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Understanding Islamic Finance
Adam Serwer
July 29, 2010 | web only
TAP talks with Frank Vogel about Sharia-compliant finance, the financial crisis, and why banking is a chance to engage with the Islamic world. Frank Vogel, former director of Harvard Law School's Islamic Legal Studies Program (Harvard Gazette/Stephanie Mitchell)
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Scare Tactics
July 27, 2010 | web only
Paul Waldman
What we're seeing now isn't racism; it's race-baiting.
The Myth of the Fairer Sex
July 26, 2010 | web only
Courtney E. Martin
Women, especially self-proclaimed feminists, must own the truth about our gender's capacity for violence if we are ever going to be effective in ending it.
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The Middle Man
July 26, 2010 | web only
David Weigel
Lessons from life in Washington's ideological gray zone.
Let's Call It All Off
July 23, 2010
David L. Bosco
Charles Kupchan aims to give U.S. policy-makers a roadmap to a more restrained and sustainable foreign policy.
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Tim Fernholz is a writing fellow at the Prospect. His work has been published by The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, American Lawyer, and the Washington City Paper. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.
All articles by Tim Fernholz...
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The House at the End of the Road
Gershom Gorenberg
July 23, 2010 | web only
In the culture of Israeli settlements, stealing land has become invisible, unnoticed.
Neocons Versus Nonproliferation
Matthew Yglesias
July 22, 2010 | web only
The tenuous fate of the new START treaty shows the continuing power of neocons within the Republican Party.
No Win in Arizona
Gabriel Arana
July 22, 2010 | web only
Even if the courts rule that SB 1070 should not go into effect next week, the Obama administration has failed.
Do We Need a Commission on Civil Rights?
Adam Serwer
July 21, 2010 | web only
The fact-finding body at the heart of the New Black Panther case is deeply politicized and largely ineffective.
Fed Dread
Tim Fernholz
July 21, 2010 | web only
What to look for in Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke's semiannual report to Congress.
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Falling Out of Love With Obama
Paul Waldman
July 20, 2010 | web only
The left is finding out that Obama is not the progressive they fell in love with.
Running Without Labor
Ari Paul
July 20, 2010 | web only
In his race for governor in New York, Andrew Cuomo has turned his back on labor. And that could hand the state to the GOP.
Reading for Life
Sara Mead
July 19, 2010
Learning to read by third grade is a goal that can organize everything we do for kids.
A Piece of the Dream
Renee Feltz
July 19, 2010 | web only
Obama's poll numbers with Latino voters are plummeting. Passing the DREAM Act is the surest way to stop the slump.
A Place for Play
Lisa Guernsey
July 16, 2010
Why reading programs must combine playful learning with direct instruction
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Let's Call It All Off
David L. Bosco
Charles Kupchan aims to give U.S. policy-makers a roadmap to a more restrained and sustainable foreign policy.
Old Image, New Portrait
Sarah E. Igo
Treating an entire population as being of one mind can obscure more than it reveals.
Our Common-Law Constitution
Lawrence M. Friedman
People approve of an evolving Constitution mainly when it evolves in the direction they want it to go.
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