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Robert Kuttner
In 1944 Western statesmen redesigned the global economic order. The end of the Cold War and the new economic realities of the 1990s call for an equally far-sighted reconstruction and clear grasp of America's interests.
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William Wilson
Race-neutral programs offer the best way to help the truly disadvantaged and to win back the truly disenchanted.
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Paul Starr
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Deborah Stone
AIDS is only one of many conditions that new diagnostics tests predict. But what is the purpose of insurance if people who might get sick are judged unacceptable risks?
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Richard Valelly
In 1990 and 1992, the eligible nonvoters will likely outnumber the voters in national elections. A political scientist sorts out the different explanations of the long turnout decline—and what might be done to reverse it.
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Cass Sunstein
A leading scholar in constitutional law examines the future path of the Supreme Court. The Court's right turn is nothing to celebrate, but liberals should welcome the return of issues to the political arena.
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Peter Dreier, J. David Hulchanski
How Canada manages to build scandal-free nonprofit housing
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Christopher Jencks, Kathryn Edin
A new study documents that in major cities, a welfare check barely pays rent and utilities.
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C. Runge
When countries trade goods, they also trade environmental and health risks. Why we need a new international framework to preserve both the public's health and the world's commerce.
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Robert Reich
Yes to open trade; no to laissez-faire domestic policies.
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Isabel Sawhill
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Stanley Greenberg
A political pollster and strategist suggests how the Democrats can reclaim the middle class without moving right.
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr.