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October 2008 (v19, n10)


Art by John Ritter Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Cover Story - Features Channel Changer Sam Boyd For years, liberals thought they could catch up in media by playing by conservatives' rules. Rachel Maddow's success proves it's better to just change the game. Features 2008: Five Races to Watch Dayo Olopade The Prospect rounds up five of the most interesting and unusual campaigns across the country -- from a blind rabbi in New Jersey to an incumbent governor described as "Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney." Five Questions About the New Electorate Thomas F. Schaller For a decade or more, we've been promised an electoral transformation: Younger voters, minorities, and women will prevail over the older, conservative majority. Is this the year the predictions come true? It's the Green Economy, Stupid Harold Meyerson Populism is the theme of the year for Democratic candidates. Oil companies are the problem and green energy is the solution. Meet the Next Treasury Secretary Robert Kuttner The most difficult economic challenge of the next administration will be to overhaul America's collapsing financial system. Who will lead that effort? The Fence to Nowhere David Neiwert The Minutemen promised their supporters a high-tech border barrier. Instead, they got a five-strand barbed-wire fence and a bunch of radical splinter groups. What to Expect When You're Expecting a Majority Tim Fernholz The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is poised for a rare achievement: a second consecutive cycle of sizable gains. But with more Democrats may come more conflict. Special Report African Americans and Immigrants: The Common Good Maria Echaveste Are foreigners "taking Americans' jobs"? Or are employers once again exploiting cheap labor and vulnerable people? Black Women: The Unfinished Agenda Cecilia A. Conrad African American women made great progress in education and entering into previously forbidden occupations -- but their gains in earnings mysteriously stopped. Race, Place, and Opportunity john a. powell Where we live influences our life chances. Too many blacks still live in concentrated poverty. Regular Work in an Irregular Economy Carmen Martino and David Bensman Ending the temp agencies' control of low-wage labor markets Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro First came racial redlining. Then came racial targeting of toxic and predatory loans. Both spelled economic disaster for African Americans. The Economic Crisis in Black and White William E. Spriggs Narrowing America's racial divides and expanding opportunity for all Understanding the Black-White Earnings Gap Williams M. Rodgers III Why do African Americans continue to earn less despite dramatic gains in education? Unionization and Black Workers Steven C. Pitts Trade unions are still a key path to higher-quality jobs and greater dignity at the workplace. Women of Color Marlene Kim The persistent double jeopardy of race and gender	Columns Back to School, Back to Court Thomas Geoghegan There is no longer either a moral or constitutional basis for rigging the school system for the well-to-do. Taking the Initiative Dana Goldstein Ballot initiatives are just another weapon in the public-policy wars. Progressives shouldn't fear them. The American Collision Paul Starr A presidential race between Obama and McCain was supposed to bring a less-polarized politics, so why hasn't it worked out that way? We're All Chicagoans Now Mark Schmitt From our October print issue: For those of us who have been skeptical of choice as a principle for government programs, it's time to stop fighting. Culture & Books Audacity in Harlem David L. Kirp Geoffrey Canada founded the Harlem Children's Zone as a "conveyor belt" to transport poor kids from birth to college, by dealing with every need. Can its successes be replicated? Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Matthew Yglesias From our October print issue: Thomas Frank sees Republican scandal and conservative ideology as one and the same. But a more honorable right wing is imaginable. From Pop Charts to Politics Adam Serwer Hip-hop is now a powerful mainstream cultural force, but political activists haven't quite figured out how to mobilize the hip-hop generation. The Way to the New World David Roberts David Roberts reviews three new books on our environmental crisis, and wonders why newly minted greens sound more ambitious about the future than movement insiders. Departments Correspondence The Editors A foundation leader Robert Kuttner called a "fiscal fear monger" responds, a professor argues well-off feminists haven't done enough to help working-class ones, and Executive Editor Mark Schmitt introduces the October issue. Up Front The Editors Bill Kristol is suddenly outraged by sexism, the GOP convention had even fewer minorities than usual this year, Cindy McCain and Paris Hilton have a lot in common, and T.A. Frank's parody covers potential McCain campaign responses to questions from the media. Online Extras The Group Behind Prop 8 Stuart Whatley Ultraconservative legal organization the Alliance Defense Fund is backing a California marriage ban with rhetoric about "defending" family and children.

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