The Progressive Agenda Scorecard
This magazine declared the dawn of 2009 “Our Moment,” but how much was achieved before the 2010 election?
On the Block
A pilot program in Oakland, California, combines community policing with social services and gets at-risk young men off the street.
Permanent Lockdown
Forcing ex-offenders to pay for their incarceration is yet another perverse policy that makes successful re-entry next to impossible.
Eyes on the Prize
Our moral and ethical duty to end mass incarceration
Smarter Punishment, Less Crime
Why reducing incarceration and victimization should be complementary goals
Education vs. Incarceration
More money must go to schools than to prisons before high-crime neighborhoods can truly be reformed.
Bipartisan Justice
Fixing America?s punitive penal system has politicians crossing party lines.
The New Jim Crow
How mass incarceration turns people of color into permanent second-class citizens
May It Please the Court
Problem-solving courts have a track record of lowering recidivism and incarceration costs, but they still don’t reach enough offenders.
The Tea Party Troubadours
Meet the artists providing the soundtrack to patriotism.
The Republicans’ Senior Moment
Seniors depend more on federal spending than any other group, but that did not deter a majority of them from voting for candidates who deplored “big government” and “socialized medicine.”
Post Literalism
The Republican majority intends to underplay its hand rather than take responsibility for governing.
A Long-Distance Runner
Joseph L. Rauh, liberal MVP
Telling Tales
The story that must be told isn’t one of big government and deficits but of power and privilege amassing at the top.
The Next Banking Crisis
The foreclosure mess may force a solution to the deeper economic drag of underwater mortgages and zombie banks.
The President’s Movie
Like most liberals, Obama resists entering the darkened theater that Reagan mastered.
Year of the Same
Women’s representation in Congress has actually decreased for the first time in the past three decades.
Too Small to Save
Did the nation’s largest community bank collapse because of its social-justice mission—or its financial ambitions?
The New Together
When is a creature deemed alive enough for people to experience an ethical dilemma if it is distressed?
Culture Before Politics
In freeing creativity, progressives can once again capture and carry forward our national imagination.
