Restoring Justice
Departments
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The Bicycle Grief
In the quest for bike-friendly cities, are snobby cyclists their own worst enemies?
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Noted
Responses to Gabriel Arana's "Gay on Trial," Ann Friedman's "The Company We Keep," and a message from Prospect executive editor Mark Schmitt.
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Up Front
McCain on the stump; OMG, it's Peter Orszag; and The Question.
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The Chastity Ring-Around
The college abstinence-only movement sells itself as empowering and pro-woman. Too bad the usual rejection of marriage equality and reproductive rights still applies.
Features
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The Ultimate Test Case
Obama has said he wants to change our very mind-set about foreign policy. Afghanistan is where he must prove it.
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Germany's Economic Engine
For years, economists said Germany was doing everything wrong. But today it's thriving, even in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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Eric Holder's War
How the attorney general's relationship to his president, his adopted city, and his race are shaping the Justice Department.
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Underrating Reform
Even with its compromises, health reform is the most ambitious effort in decades to reorganize a big part of life around principles of justice and efficiency.
Columns
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Swagger Like Us
Should women amplify their aggression to mimic successful men? Or should they play up what supposedly makes them different?
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Fiscal Folly
We need more deficit spending on public investment and jobs now, then deficit reduction once recovery comes.
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What Happened to Democracy?
Nobody seems to be talking about the reforms needed to clean up democracy.
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Fantasy-League Politics
The recurring dream of an independent candidate or party protects the status quo.
Culture
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Democracy's Faith-Based Troubles
Religion and rationality have been clashing for centuries. Is it possible to talk about this conflict without going nuts?
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American Taliban
The marriage between religious fundamentalism and market conservatism is as strong as ever.
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This Is How You'll Get There
Cars, roads, and parking could be transformed completely. The technology is there, but is society ready?
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Literature from the Underground
Does a new anthology devoted to a hip-hop classic elevate the genre to its rightful place as a literary form?
Special Report
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Digging Out, Planning Ahead
The federal government needs to do more to help states survive this downturn -- and plan for permanent anti-recession fiscal relief.
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California in Crisis
With a dysfunctional state government unable to act, the universities, schools, and roads that were once the model for the nation are crumbling -- if not collapsing.
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State Fiscal Gimmicks: A Budgetary Balancing Act
Phony budget accounting defers the day of reckoning -- but raises costs.
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A Tour of Six States
Snapshots of the fiscal crisis across the nation.
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Transparency For What?
The left, right, and center agree that they want more state budget data. But not all data improves policy.
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Buckeye Budget Blues
Ohio has all the reform elements in place -- except political will.
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Reform Amid Fiscal Ruin
In some states, progressive leadership and grass-roots activism have turned crisis into opportunity for long-deferred tax reform.
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Public Capacity and Public Trust
Can we reverse the vicious circle of frustrated citizens denying state government adequate resources -- and then resenting the lack of state services?
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Loosening Fiscal Straitjackets
Proponents say that caps on taxing and spending enhance democracy. In reality, they destroy accountable government -- but that can be changed.
