Blacks and whites do not just disagree about the prevalence of racism; they have different understandings of what racism is. Bridging the gap requires a new look at the language of race and ethnicity in America.
Health & Social Policy
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Hidden Complications: Why Health Care Competition Needs Regulation
The market cure for health care’s maladies would be no simple matter. In fact, the great irony of market reform is that it requires skill in regulation. Yet market reformers tend to deny the competence of government, undermining the very confidence t
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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.
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The Quest for Community (Again)
Somewhere between the capitalist’s market and the citizen’s state lies the lost land of community, sought after by humane conservatives, liberals, and social democrats alike. Herewith a modest progressive agenda for repairing some of the damage moder
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Feminism and Caregiving
Career-minded feminists intent on devaluing caregiving should instead be doing its opposite—increasing its currency among men and women.
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States First: The Other Path to National Health Reform
As a state legislator in Massachusetts since 1985, I have seen the best and worst of state health policy-making. In 1988 the Massachusetts Legislature approved a measure intended to guarantee health insurance to all 600,000 uninsured state residents. The early steps under the law, covering students, the unemployed, and disabled adults and children, were preludes […]