March 9, 2011 — In 1983, Ronald Reagan needed a symbol of integrity to run the Environmental Protection Administration and put the lid on a scandal involving its Superfund cleanup program. He...view
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Health care, Medicine
March 2, 2011 — As recently reported by Remapping Debate, little is being done to deal with the crisis in medical care that will result from the massive physician shortage that is just around the...view
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Regulation
A massive 2008 coal ash spill in Tennessee was the catalyst for an Environmental Protection Agency effort to require improved storage practices.
February 16, 2011 — “We’re listening” signs had...view
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Aging, Health care, Medicine
February 16, 2011 — The shortage of doctors in the United States — already a problem for millions of Americans who live in areas where it is difficult to get an appointment or access to emergency...view
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Economy, Education, Income inequality
February 9, 2011 — As American policy-makers grope for strategies to deliver broadly shared economic prosperity, calls for increased education are more insistent than ever. In his State of the Union...view
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Environment, NYC, Transportation
February 9, 2011 — Despite New York City’s extensive mass transportation network, its streetscape was, for decades, distinctly car-centric. In April 2007, however, there was a seismic shift. Mayor...view
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Economy, State government, Taxes
February 9, 2011 — For nearly five years, the 12 states ringing the Great Lakes have worked together in an entity called the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, designed to promote development of the...view
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Budget deficit, Education
February 3, 2011 — No one has done more than the billionaire private-equity investor Peter G. Peterson to stir America’s anxiety over deficits, debt, and what Peterson (among others) considers out...view
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Regulation, Trade
President Barack Obama speaking with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the G-20 Summit in Seoul in Nov. 2010.
February 1, 2011 — Over the last 20 years, proponents of free trade have rested...view
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Unions
February 1, 2011 — Earlier this month, the Republican Study Committee, a group representing two thirds of Congressional Republicans, issued a raft of recommendations that, they said, could save...view