I n October of 1991, 40,000 furious citizens massed in Hartford at the State Capitol, protesting Connecticut’s new income tax, cursing and spitting on Governor Lowell Weicker, and threatening legislators with political extinction. One month later, Democrats in New Jersey were routed by an irate electorate in retribution for the passage of changes in the […]
Cities & Communities
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Way We Won: America’s Economic Breakthrough During World War II
High growth needn’t require a war.
Posted inEconomic Policy
From “Projects” to Communities: How to Redeem Public Housing
Saving public housing will require more than bootstrap lectures and selling off units to tenants. To transform housing projects into safe communities requires a new balance of rights and responsibilities—and real resources.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Can Democracy Save Chicago’s Schools?
With much fanfare, Chicago has moved to decentralize control of what some have called the worst public school system in America. But reform has been financially and politically crippled from the start.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Priming the Pump: Paying for Clean Water in the 1990s
Federal standards for clean water have been rising; federal money for clean water has slowed to a trickle. So, many communities are facing fiscal nightmares, and you may be facing astronomical rate increases.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Unhealthy Rations
Oregon’s plan to ration care of the poor has won favorable reviews around the country. But take a closer look.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Fire This Time
Up against the smoldering violence and passions of the inner city, the journalist, the novelist, and the sociologist skilled in field work give us three very different perspectives on race and urban life today.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is Violent Crime Increasing?
News reports of an all-time record crime wave have set off a panic that America is out of control. What are the real facts?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Affordable Housing: Lessons from Canada
How Canada manages to build scandal-free nonprofit housing
