Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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The Little-Known Force Behind the Hobby Lobby Contraception Case
How the Becket Fund became the leading advocate for corporations’ religious rights
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Rich, the Right, and the Facts: Deconstructing the Inequality Debate
In 1992, economist Paul Krugman, now a New York Times columnist, published this article in the Fall issue of The American Prospect. Today, his assertions hold up, especially in answer to the conservative critics of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twe
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The Hidden History of Prosperity
In the crisis of World War II, the nation made the political choices that created the robust egalitarian economy of the next 30 years. Can we respond to the climate crisis with similar policies to rebuild the middle class?
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Great American Chain Gang
Why can’t we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Moral Panic Over Drug-Dependent Babies
As with the hyped-up crack-baby crisis, fears about neonatal abstinence syndrome appear to be overblown. But that won’t stop states from punishing pregnant women.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Next Christian Sex-Abuse Scandal
As sex-abuse allegations multiply, Billy Graham’s grandson is on a mission to persuade Protestant churches to come clean.
Posted inBooks
What Piketty Leaves Out
Despite some losses to financial capital during the Great Depression, the more powerful era of equality in the U.S. began during World War II.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Food TV’s Sadistic Glee
Competitive cooking shows and our yearning for what we dare not eat
Posted inHousing and Transportation
The Revolt of the Cities
During the past 20 years, immigrants and young people have transformed the demographics of urban America. Now, they’re transforming its politics and mapping the future of liberalism.
