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October 2009 (v20, n8)


Cover art by John Ritter Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Features Childbirth at the Global Crossroads Arlie Hochschild Women in the developing world who are paid to bear other people's children test the emotional limits of the international service economy. How Detroit Went Bottom-Up Barry C. Lynn Outsourcing has made the automotive industry so co-dependent and fragile that one company's downfall is every company's concern. Refugees of Diversity Rich Benjamin One man's journey into the whitest -- and fastest growing -- communities in America. See Jerry Run. Again. Joe Mathews California is still living with the consequences of Jerry Brown's first governorship. Now the state is poised to elect him again. Special Report Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers Annette Bernhardt, Ruth Milkman and Nik Theodore Rebuilding our economy on the back of illegal working conditions is morally untenable -- and it is bad economics. Dark and Bitter Nancy Cleeland Food workers increasingly exist in a legal limbo with no protections for wages, benefits, job security, or life and limb. Why are employers like Hershey off the hook? Decent Work Robert Kuttner How government can get back on the side of promoting good jobs. Forgotten Corners of the Economy Stephen Franklin As unemployment rises, the illegal treatment of day laborers only worsens. Where's the government? Good Jobs, Healthy Cities Peter Dreier Eight steps city governments can take to promote good jobs. Government Paves the Way Paul Sonn and Annette Bernhardt A decent work agenda for the Obama administration. Stuck on the Low Road David Bensman Deregulation turned truck driving from a good job into a bad one. Now, thanks to local organizing and government action, there's a better road. The Good War and the Workers Steve Fraser World War II defense contracts raised labor standards. Government could use the same leverage in peacetime. Which Side Is Government On? David Moberg Millions of contract workers whose salaries are ultimately paid by government live in poverty. Uncle Sam should demand high standards, not pay as little as possible.	Columns Bipartisanship in One Party Paul Starr The Democratic health-reform proposals are built around ideas Republicans used to favor. Integrate Expectations Dana Goldstein The Obama administration is pressuring suburbs to end segregated housing but ignoring their history of segregated schools. My Model City Mark Schmitt To a kid imbued with the idealism of "reform," Dahl's was a bracingly sanguine view of machine politics. Opposite Day Mark Schmitt Obama decided that if everything Carter and Clinton did turned out wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. Culture & Books A Darwin for the Divine Peter Steinfels Evolution and religion are compatible if we accept that even our cultural development displays inbuilt direction. The Moral Equivalent of Anti-Slavery Michelle Goldberg Gender equality in developing countries may be the premier human-rights struggle of the 21st century -- but first the rest of the world has to care. What to Do About the Court? Jack M. Balkin Not much. An activist Supreme Court may strike down laws, but it can also give them political legitimacy. What's Killing Conservatism? Carl T. Bogus Self-destruction is inevitable when a rigid ideology of disdain for government fully comes to power. Winning With the Economy -- or Without It Stanley B. Greenberg Candidates running with the economy against them have a tougher go, but it's possible to win by changing the conversation. Departments Evasive Maneuvers Tara McKelvey Journalists learn what to do if they're captured in Afghanistan -- or rural Virginia. Noted The Editors Up Front The Editors

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