The green economy will get an $80 billion boost from President Barack Obama's recovery package in the form of direct spending, loan guarantees, and tax incentives. So what should we make of it? Robert Pollin explores the potential gains of a green employment strategy and how to pay for it. Philip Mattera explains that without unionization and stipulations on the other public funds that wind- and solar-energy producers receive, not all of these green jobs will be good jobs. Jonathan Feldman makes the case for an industrial-policy initiative for producing the new subway and light-rail cars, street cars, and buses that will be added as a result of the $8.4 billion dedicated to public transportation. And our Green Challenge special report has even more. Meanwhile, Courtney Martin considers the sexual assault rate of female soldiers and argues that it's time to start acknowledging that not only combat veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress. As always, subscribe to our RSS feed to receive our articles as soon as they are published. Also, follow us on Twitter for highlights from our blog. --The Editors
