To get renewable energy technologies into broad use, government needs to promote both supply and demand. Markets are too risk-averse.
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Posted inAmerica and the World
Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Needless Default
The administration’s foreclosure relief program was designed to help bankers, not homeowners. That disgrace will haunt Democrats.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
What to Do When ‘I Do’ Is Done
LGBT activists and funders are debating the movement’s post-marriage priorities.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Blind to the Future
Chris Christie and the Republican default on public investment.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
When Liberals Were Organized
Progressives seeking a model for an effective Congress could learn from the nearly forgotten history of the Democratic Study Group.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Sex, Lies and Justice
Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Black America’s Promised Land: Why I Am Still a Racial Optimist
Hope and pessimism have defined two traditions of American thinking about race. Fully acknowledging recent setbacks, the author makes the case for the tradition of hope.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Labor at a Crossroads: The Seeds of a New Movement
SEIU’s David Rolf—virtuoso organizer and mastermind of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage campaign—says labor needs radically new ways to champion worker interests.
Posted inAmerica and the World
On Realism, Old and New
With new threats to the peace, it’s more important than ever to be clear about America’s core national interests.