December 7, 2010 — The repercussions of bullying — including multiple suicides by victims, including cases in Massachusetts and in Texas — have become more visible this year. So, too, has the “...view
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Deregulation, Environment
A Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Wisconsin.
November 23, 2010 — The night that Republican Scott Walker swept to victory in the race to become Wisconsin’s governor, one refrain ran...view
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Civil rights, Legislation
November 16, 2010 — The Republican takeover of the House in the midterm elections has left civil rights groups with little doubt that the federal legislative environment is going to be more hostile...view
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Environment, Transportation, Urban Policy
The Interstate Highway System: federally conceived and paid for.
November 9, 2010 — In the wake of last week’s Republican gains, one of the pressing questions for the next Congress is the...view
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Government services, Taxes
November 9, 2010 — In Miami-Dade County, a property tax increase, coupled with raises for civil servants, lit the fuse of voter ire, sparking two recall efforts this year to oust Mayor Carlos...view
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Health care
November 9, 2010 — Proposed Amendment 63 to Colorado’s state constitution, which would have prevented the state from adopting or enforcing state or federal mandates to require individuals to...view
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Immigration
October 26, 2010 — Mid-level federal bureaucrats don’t often attract sizable media contingents. But that’s where Andrea Quarantillo found herself last week, standing at a touch-screen monitor as a...view
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Education, Housing
In Montgomery County, Maryland, an inclusionary zoning program begun in the 1970s has helped to integrate the local school district.
October 19, 2010 — It seems like a long time ago now, but in...view
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Education
October 19, 2010 — At a time when educators and parents, politicians and advocates are all focused on reinventing public education — ushering charter schools into the mainstream, formulating new...view
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Banking
October 19, 2010 — Increasing dominance by the biggest banks, and, particularly in the last few years, by federally chartered banks as compared with others, are among the trends vividly revealed in...view