We continue the debate on the future of affirmative action in response to Paul Starr’s “Civil Reconstruction: What to Do Without Affirmative Action,” TAP, No.9. Winter 1992. D iscussion of the candidacies of Pat Buchanan and David Duke, even of the Los Angeles riots, have faded. But they should remain troubling. They are part of […]
Health & Social Policy
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Healthy Compromise: Universal Coverage and Managed Competition Under a Cap
A promising strategy emerges to break the impasse.
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An Alliance at Risk: The Disability Movement and Health Care Reform
They should be on the same side.
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Coalition or Collision? Medicare and Health Reform
Budget realities could divide old friends.
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Whose Body Politic?
The boundaries between public and private are murkier than ever.
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Can We Put a Time Limit on Welfare?
Clinton’s proposal for a two-year limit on AFDC payments would be the most far-reaching welfare reform since 1935. But if the goal is to make welfare mothers self-sufficient, it won’t be cheap.
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The Way We Won: America’s Economic Breakthrough During World War II
High growth needn’t require a war.
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The Strong Case for Gun Control
While abhorring violence, Americans genuinely believe that gun control laws cannot reduce violent crime because criminals will not give up their guns. But some new research shows that gun control, properly designed, can be effective as well as consti