Are Kids Sports Pricing Themselves Out of the Market?
As organized sports get pushed further out of reach of many poorer kids, one former college hoops star wants to even the playing field.
John Greenya
A Labor Day Interview With the Good Lobbyist, David Cohen
The former president of Common Cause and the preeminent voice of public advocacy explains why he still has hope for the labor movement, surveys the state of modern partisanship, defends lobbying as a (potentially) noble calling, and declares there’s really nothing wrong with Kansas.
Why Is the Current Supreme Court So Business Friendly?
As even the commercial-speech evolution of the mute Clarence Thomas fairly shouts, this is one business-friendly Supreme Court.
Ideas for Improving the University System in the United States
How about a three-year degree? Or a school year without summer vacation? Should we pay professors less? Are these heresy, or common sense ways to reform the university system in the United States?
What Major League Baseball Is Doing To Keep Bats Inside the Diamond
Experts say a seven-game World Series will see three-and-a-half broken bats.
The Problem of the Too-Quiet Car
In spite of a government demand for automakers to fix the problem, there is still no consensus on how to warn pedestrians of noiseless vehicles.
The FCC and Indecency: Here We Go Again
How far can the FCC go in regulating blue language and nipple slips on broadcast media? Three decades since tackling the seven dirty words, the Supreme Court is poised to answer that question again.
Bad Credit Reports Put Job Seekers in Catch-22
More employers are subjecting job applicants to credit checks as a tool to determine honesty and responsibility, but is that accurate, or legal?
Clean Stoves for the Third World
Millions of people worldwide die every year because of primitive cooking stoves. Around the globe, helpers ranging from Hillary Clinton to African entrepreneurs are making inroads.
Born With a Silver Letter in their Surname
Where a name appears in the alphabet may help explain how someone responds to waiting.
Direct Home Care is a Wildly Growing Facet of Medical Care
WANTED, Home care providers: flexible hours, good working conditions, low pay, age irrelevant, bring own insurance.
Emptying a Packed Stadium Quickly ... and Safely
Athletes have long known that the ticket to getting into stadiums is practice. Thanks to a computer simulation and 70,000 avatars, that's also the key to getting out of stadiums.
College Try: Improving College Completion Rates
A coalition of major public universities has promised to halve the minority achievement gap in enrollment and graduation — and they set a deadline.
Study Finds Foreclosure Counseling Helps Hurting Homeowners
An inexpensive part of the federal effort to dig America out of the subprime crisis appears to have promise.
The American State of Bankruptcy, 2009
Not surprisingly, bankruptcy filings are on the rise and likely to increase. Is the 2005 bankruptcy reform act helping, hindering or neutral in this instance?
Federal Action, Local Focus on Food Safety
Confidence in the American food supply has been at a low ebb of late. A resumed federal focus and frequenting local producers may help reverse the tide.
Lawyer Layoffs: What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger
Pink slips, salary cuts, delayed starts and other woes hit the U.S. legal profession hard in this recession.
Preventing Cyberbullying Remains Terra Incognita
Although bullying and its new-media sibling cyberbullying aren't going away, we don't need to be helpless in responding to them, argue the authors of a new guidebook.
Godfather of National Service Sees Bright Future
Interview with retired legislator Harris Wofford, who helped birth such organizations as the Peace Corps.
Bankruptcy Reform’s Poor Legacy
Critics of 2005 legislation grow thicker as times grow harder.
States Applaud ‘Encore Careers’
Local governments take the lead in placing older Americans in public service opportunities.