How Carbon Trading Hurts the Poor

Posted by: Jenny Price
on March 31, 2009 at 8:30 am

Pollution is a global problem, but the costs are paid neighborhood by neighborhood. Now that California has adopted an ambitious, cover-all-bases greenhouse gas reduction plan, it is being widely touted (this happens to us a lot in California) as the model for a national plan. Most of the provisions.. Read & Discuss

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Categories: Environment , Politics

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The New Orleans Project

Posted by: Graeme Wood
on March 17, 2009 at 8:00 am

Let’s fight hurricanes like we’re waging a war

Every year, the United States suffers attacks on American soil so brutal, our military can do little more than rebuild our wrecked cities, and console the wounded once the enemy has withdrawn.

This enemy is the Atlantic hurricane system, and the price of its damage, in dollars spent and in lives lost, rivals that of man-made war. Hurricane Katrina, which totaled nearly $100 billion and 1,800 dead in 2005,…

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Get Your DNA Tested, But Don’t Expect a Party

Posted by: Ariana Green
on March 10, 2009 at 9:00 am

Are genetic testing companies making us obsess about the stupid stuff, while we forget to test for what matters? Spit parties, online social networking built around DNA similarities, catchy details about which celebrities you most resemble—what fun! These are just some of the things one of the major.. Read & Discuss

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The U.S. Needs a Department of Development

Posted by: Michael Kleinman
on March 2, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Foreign assistance isn’t only a moral gesture, it’s also essential to our national security. The United States spends more than $20 billion a year in foreign assistance, yet it’s an open question what we’re receiving in return. In the words of the official Help Commission Report on Foreign Assistance.. Read & Discuss

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China Should Bail Out the West

Posted by: Josh Kurlantzick
on February 24, 2009 at 9:30 am

Beijing should bankroll a new “global rescue fund” to help countries hit hardest by the economic collapse.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, most countries are looking to the United States to stabilize markets and prevent a second Great Depression. “Americans don’t have a choice, they must absolutely have a global plan,” the head of France’s central bank told reporters. But rather than asking Washington to save the day, the world should choose a wiser…

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Make Public Education Work for Everyone

Posted by: Marya Cohn
on December 15, 2008 at 8:44 pm

My husband is a Dutchman who moved to America to be with me. We have experienced many things together over the last seven years that have made me feel the need to apologize for my country. But, navigating the American education system on our children’s behalf has made me sorrier than anything else. When.. Read & Discuss

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Change Congress

Posted by: Lawrence Lessig
on October 31, 2008 at 1:30 pm

For a very brief moment earlier this year, I considered a run for Congress. My Congressman had announced his retirement. Shortly thereafter, he passed away. A special election was called. Friends pushed me to consider a run. A “Draft Lessig” website was launched; a Facebook group to the same end quickly.. Read & Discuss

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Give Women Guns

Posted by: Reihan Salam
on October 27, 2008 at 1:46 pm

In the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that banning handguns is an unacceptable infringement on our Second Amendment right as individuals to keep and bear arms. Whatever you think of the decision, it’s clear that the debate over gun rights has changed forever. There aren’t.. Read & Discuss

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Tricking People into Doing the Right Thing

Posted by: CassSunstein
on August 27, 2008 at 6:54 pm

Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this means they simply cannot afford to think deeply about every choice they have to make. The bottom line is that people are, shall we say, nudge-able. With subtle.. Read & Discuss

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We Are Making al-Qaeda Stronger

Posted by: EmranQureshi
on August 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Despite any efforts on the part of the United States, the Middle East remains awash in violence. In July, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice famously described the moment as “the birth pangs of a new Middle East,” but that seems to have been wishful thinking. A recent U.S. National Intelligence.. Read & Discuss

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