Feb. 19, 2014 — When it comes to water in America, this truth is self-evident: We are guzzlers from sea to shining sea. Nowhere, though, are the effects of our thirst as visible and self-destructive...view
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Education
Dec. 11, 2013 — There are currently more than 30 million adults in the United States whose ability to read, write, and do basic math is at or below the level of the average third grader.
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Housing, NYC, Quality of life
Nov. 20, 2013 — How much of an impact could the construction of “micro-apartments” have on New York City’s housing shortage, and how serious are the dangers associated with proceeding down the...view
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Health care, Insurance
Oct. 30, 2013 — New York’s health insurance exchange (called “NY State of Health”) offers individuals and families numerous insurance plan options at various “metal” levels. What it doesn’t...view
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Aging, Role of government, Social Security
October 16, 2013 — A news analysis in The New York Times this month neatly summed up the conventional wisdom that drives the proposals and rhetoric of a broad political spectrum from Tea Party...view
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Government services, Politics
Sept. 25, 2013 — That government should be run more like a business has been a central tenet of Republican orthodoxy for more than a century. In 1910, Nelson W. Aldrich, a Republican senator...view
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Environment, Health
Sept. 25, 2013 — The future consequences of climate change in Florida have often been envisioned in terms of rising sea levels and erratic weather: flooded coastal cities, violent hurricanes,...view
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Freedom of information, NYC, Policing
August 6, 2013 — Just three months after filing suit against the New York City Police Department for its failure to provide records as required by New York’s Freedom of Information Law, a...view
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Education, Employment
June 26, 2013 — After listening to speeches, posing for photos, and receiving their diplomas over the last several weeks, the top new graduates of the nation’s well-regarded public and private...view
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Corporations, Taxes
June 26, 2013 — On May 21st, the U.S. Senate held a hearing designed to spotlight the practice of tax avoidance by multinational corporations. That practice has attracted international attention and...view