TODAY IN TAP ONLINE. Why do some poor neighborhoods cohere while others fall apart? Academics who've gone block by block through inner-city America have concluded that community organization is one key factor. From our May print issue (but free to non-subscribers), Eyal Press reports on the impact of "collective efficacy" in poor neighborhoods -- what one scholar calls "one of the most important criminological insights in the last 20 years."
Also, Audrey Dutton reports on a federal compensation plan for Cold War-era victims of nuclear contamination -- and evidence that the Bush administration and the Labor Department are trying to limit pay-outs. And Robert Reich proposes a reform of our college loan system that would prevent loans from becoming a straitjacket limiting graduates' career choices.
--The Editors
