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Tim Fernholz gets servicey on financial regulatory reform: With health-care reform passed, the next big piece of the president’s agenda is financial regulatory reform, an effort by policy-makers to address the problems of the financial crisis and create a better financial marketplace for the American economy. To help give you an idea of where this […]

Brenda Wright on the Census Bureau’s policy toward the incarcerated: “Once, only once, and in the right place” goes the hopeful mantra of the hard-working and underappreciated Census Bureau. But the current rules for counting incarcerated persons are at odds with the last part of this goal. Next week, the census will count 1.6 million […]

Mark Schmitt on David Frum‘s departure from AEI: I hold no particular brief for David Frum, the conservative writer who was abruptly ousted as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute last week. I’ve participated on panel discussions and debates with him (including at AEI) but wouldn’t consider him a personal friend. He once […]

Robert Reich explains that we already have ways to regulate Wall Street: Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson admitted in his recent memoir that Lehman Brothers’ balance sheet was bogus before the bank collapsed in 2008. Nonetheless, Lehman paid out $5.2 billion in bonuses in 2006 and $5.7 billion in 2007. Lehman’s investors lost a fortune, […]

Robert Kuttner on the need for presidential leadership in the face of obstruction: The dysfunction of American democracy has become a standard bit of conventional wisdom. It’s certainly true that a bias against government action is baked into our constitutional cake, with its checks, balances, and multiple veto points. It’s also true that conservative obstructionism […]

Justin Charity talks to Joan Fitzgerald about making cities more sustainable: The stimulus package passed by Congress last year included $43 billion in sustainable-energy investments, and a bill meant to reduce the country’s contribution to climate change now waits in the Senate. But is national policy keeping pace with the strides many cities are taking […]

Gershom Gorenberg on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s disastrous visit to Washington: Mr. Netanyahu wanted badly to go to Washington. He wanted to warm himself in the worship of thousands of delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual convention, far from the cacophony of his unruly ruling coalition. He knew that if he […]

Adam Serwer on re-enfranchising ex-felons: Three years after serving a bid for robbery, Glenn Martin tried to register to vote in his state. In New York, formerly incarcerated people are allowed to vote once they complete parole. A few weeks later, the Bronx Board of Elections sent him a letter telling him he wasn’t eligible. […]

Courtney Martin reflects on Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards‘ breakthrough work: “Babies born on this day are automatically given their father’s name…The only prestigious physical activity for girls is cheerleading or being a drum majorette…If a pregnancy happens, an enterprising gal can get a legal abortion only if she lives in New York or is […]

Monica Potts argues that National Enquirer‘s bid for recognition of its Edwards coverage isn’t exactly justified: It’s easy to mock Rielle Hunter’s Q&A with GQ. The interview, posted online this week, is the first time she has spoken to the press about her affair with John Edwards. “Before I met Johnny, I had a lot […]