Features
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Up From Bipartisanship
Support for center-right bipartisan government is both misleading and dangerous. It fails to address the problems of the economically stressed, gives them no reason to vote, and could render the Democrats irrelevant.
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Devil in the Details
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Controversy: Clean Elections Continued
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Below the Beltway: Whistling Past the Trade Deficit
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Storylines: Scandals for Dummies
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Hoop Schemes?
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Of Our Time: Rules That Liberate
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State of the Debate: Who's Afraid of Michael Jordan?
There's no denying that blacks dominate basketball and other professional sports. But have whites rationalized black physical prowess only by equating it with mental deficiency?
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State of the Debate: Family Values: The Sequel
The Institute for America Values has helped define recent debate about the family. But its writers have the facts wrong--the policies they encourage could actually make children's lives worse.
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Behind the Numbers: The Privateers' Free Lunch
The flawed mathematical assumption behind privatizing Social Security.
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The Big Tilt
It's not just how many take part in politics; it's who. Inequality is more pronounced in America than in other democracies, and it's growing.
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Special Report: The Crime Debate
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The Tocqueville Files: The Other Civic America
Despite fears of civic decline, the United States remains the country with the highest rate of volunteering. The explanation may be America's web of religious affiliations.
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Special Report: The Crime Debate
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The Devil in Devolution
Turning power back to the states has gained wide support. But there's a reason for national decisions: One state's solution may aggravate another state's problems.
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The Hidden Paradox of Welfare Reform
If former welfare beneficiaries can get jobs, they'll be better off, right? Not necessarily. Because their costs will be higher, particularly for child care and health care, they may earn more yet do worse.
