The current movement to reform welfare implies an uncomfortable thought: Perhaps poor women don’t have the right to bear children. Are we really prepared to say that?
Health & Social Policy
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Can We Keep Guns away from Kids?
The Brady Bill was a modest beginning. But if we want to stop youth violence, we need to crack down on the black markets for firearms.
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Divided Families, Whole Children
Listening to the children of divorce can help us understand how to mend the damage of marital discord and family breakup.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The New Crusade for the Old Family
A new wave of family restorationists says that the evidence on families is in and that the remedies are clear. Their case doesn’t hold up.
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The Consequences of Single Motherhood
Children of single-parent families suffer measurable harm. But the problems of the family are far more complex than the popular debate often suggests.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Orphans of Separatism: The Painful Politics of Transracial Adoption
Liberals’ misguided efforts to respect race may harm children — and deepen racial intolerance.
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Health Care: Reformers’ Rounds
Organizing Reform James A. Morone In the high drama of winning health reform, a crucial matter is being pushed aside–who is going to make the system work? The fate of health reform turns on effective, sensible administration. Ignoring the issue now will produce chaos when the reforms are implemented. The president’s Health Security Plan gives […]
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Ad Missions
Insurance companies aren’t just selling policies. They’re selling ideology too.
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Delivering Health Reform
Can the Clintons find the votes for health care reform without wrecking the logic of universal coverage, cost-control, and managed competition?
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Blood Knots
Our society and our laws have an outrageous biological bias. The author’s own odyssey suggests why adoption is a much-scorned but often superior alternative to reproductive heroics.