Features
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An Emerging Democratic Majority
The conventional wisdom is that the Democrats are now merely the reflecting "moon" of American politics and Republicans the "sun." But demographic and voting data suggest the Democrats could create a new majority without sacrificing progressive concerns.
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How Low Can You Go?
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State of the Debate: The Libertarian Conceit
Political excess in the twentieth century gives libertarianism understandable appeal. But caveat emptor; the path from Isaiah Berlin does not lead to Charles Murray.
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State of the Debate: Work and the Moral Woman
Women today are buffeted by the demands of family, career, and feminism. Are these demands sometimes morally incompatible?
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Behind the Numbers: Polluted Data
In one case after another, both corporate lobbyists and academics have overestimated the costs of environmental regulation. Herewith the surprising explanation of why they've been consistently wrong.
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The Disenfranchised
Thirteen states deny the franchise to ex-felons who have already paid their debt to society. These laws are all too reminiscent of the Jim Crow South.
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Long Live Community
"Bowling alone" may not only be hazardous to the body politic. It may also be dangerous for the body. Why social cohesion has survival value.
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Unholy Alliance
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Can the Churches Save the Cities?
"Faith-based activism" is very much in vogue, and some church-run programs may be effective at alleviating urban ills. But funding these programs with government money raises troubling constitutional issues. Is there a reasonable middle ground?
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Democratic Possibilities
Emphasizing work and family could revitalize the Democratic Party. But only if progressives seize the moment.
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Metropolis Unbound
Traffic congestion, unaffordable housing, water and air pollution, social segregation -- these are the everyday costs in suburb and city alike of the geographic expansion of cities. But North America also offers alternative models and policies that show us what cities and neighborhoods could become.
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Can Liberals Tell a Credible Story?
If Democrats want to be more than bit players in the Reagan movie, the liberal story needs new characters, new images, and stronger language about opportunity, wealth, and inequality.
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Controversy: The Virtues of Humiliation
Continuing the debate from "The Shaming Sham," by Carl F. Horowitz (March-April 1997).
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Of Our Time: The Missing Options
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Devil in the Details
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Controversy: Can't We Grow Faster?
Continuing the debate from "The Speed Limit," by Alan S. Blinder, and "Why We Can Grow Faster," by Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison (September-October 1997).
