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June 2009 (v20, n5)


Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Cover Story - Features New Kids on the Hill Tim Fernholz To see where the parties are headed, look to the youngest members of Congress. Features A Family-Leave Safety Net Heather Boushey Right now paid time off is a perk available to only privileged families. Here's how we can make it an option for all workers. Betting the Fed Robert Kuttner The Federal Reserve is a hugely powerful yet unaccountable institution. Will its activism bring a backlash? Green Peacemaker Brentin Mock Can Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA, meet businesses' needs without alienating the environmental-justice movement? Outside the 9-to-5 Janet C. Gornick, Harriet B. Presser and Caroline Batzdorf Some of the fastest-growing professions with nonstandard work hours are dominated by women. Pink-Collar Blues Dana Goldstein Many male-dominated professions are suffering an epidemic of job loss. But women aren't faring so well in the recession, either. Settling for Radicalism Gershom Gorenberg Israel has looked the other way as its military and government have gradually become more radical, and it may be too late to go back. The Invisible Workers Elissa Strauss For nannies and housekeepers, the home is a workplace, and they're fighting for basic rights. The Next Tax Revolt Matthew Yglesias It's time for progressives to stop pretending that raising taxes on only the very rich will be sufficient to fund an ambitious agenda. Wealth-Care Reform Ezra Klein Fixing our health-care system will make us more economically secure. It won't make us much healthier. When Opting Out Isn't an Option Ann Friedman For too long, "working women" has meant professionals with children. It's time we focus on the majority of female workers.	Columns Across District Lines Dana Goldstein "School choice" does not have to be code speak for privatizing public education. John McCain's Best Idea Robert B. Reich Employer-provided health insurance is our single biggest tax break. It's time to give it up. The Mystery of the Right Mark Schmitt The right's abrupt decline is one of the most puzzling questions in political history. Tough Love for Obama Robert Kuttner Can Obama's supporters save him from his economic advisers? Culture & Books A Violent Regeneration David Nasaw A search for American identity after the Civil War led to a surge of machismo and bloodlust. Blacks in Space Danielle C. Belton In the future, we will be able to travel faster than light. And black women will still be secretaries. I.F. Stone, Journalist -- and Spy? Todd Gitlin Was "Pancake" working with the KGB? The evidence is inconclusive. Keeping Secrets Tara McKelvey Lawyers and shrinks have privilege; journalists should, too. But it's not that simple. The Pakistan Puzzle Anatol Lieven Recent tomes on Pakistan overlook ordinary citizens' conflicting motivations, says our man on the ground. Departments Noted The Editors The Peak Shrink Leigh Ferrara Freaked out about the end of oil? There's a therapist for that. Up Front The Editors Battle of the cable news demagogues; modernizing the GOP; a graphic view of swine flu; and The Question.

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