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Pressing On the Upward Way
A profile of life in one of the country's poorest counties
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Creating a Countercyclical Welfare System
Clinton-era reforms mean that our safety net is weakest when we need it most.
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Where Work Disappears and Dreams Die
In Gary, Indiana—the former “Magic City” of industrial might—jobs have left, and so has almost everything else.
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Mismeasuring Poverty
The way we determine who needs help blocks many poor people from receiving the assistance they need.
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The State of Poverty in America
The problem is worse than we thought, but we can solve it.
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Seeing What No One Else Could See
Fifty years ago, Michael Harrington’s The Other America awoke the nation to the prevalence of poverty in its midst.
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School for Success
Capital Idea, an innovative long-term job-training program in Austin, helps lift the working poor out of poverty.
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The Geography of Getting By
Vendors in Los Angeles' MacArthur Park fight for their right to sell.
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The Romney Foreign-Policy Agenda
The next president will face critical challenges, but Mitt Romney has offered no clear vision of America's role in the world. What can we learn from his team of advisers?
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Mitt Romney, Servant of the Right
Those who believe the former Massachusetts governor would become a moderate once in office are wrong.
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The Pro-Life Paradox
Why are anti-abortion legislators cutting essential funds for special-needs children?
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Keyboard Jihadist?
The government prosecuted Tarek Mehanna because of what he wrote online in a case that raises fundamental questions about First Amendment rights in post-9/11 America.
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The Man the Banks Fear Most
Wall Street's gone largely unpunished for its role in wrecking the economy—until New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman came along.
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The Death and Life of Detroit
Neighborhood groups are bringing the blighted city back, one block at a time. Will City Hall stand in their way?
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Don't Blame "Corporate Personhood"
Citizens United decimated what remained of campaign-finance reform, but the damage has been long in the making.
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Wolves to the Slaughter
The reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Northern Rockies was an ecological success story—until big money, old superstitions, and politics got in the way.
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Six Portraits of Mitt
Just how rich is the Republican presidential candidate?
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How to Contain a Nuclear Iran
Regime change is a pipe dream. Is there a way to keep peace in Tehran without it?
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The Age of Double Standards
American Airlines can declare bankruptcy and wipe away debt. But you can’t—and that’s just the beginning.
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Wall Street's Third Party
Will Americans Elect upend the presidential election?
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Susan B. Anthony's Hit List
How a group founded by anti-abortion feminists became a powerful foe of Democratic women.
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