Technological changes and improved electronic communications seem, paradoxically, to be making cities more, rather than less, important.…
Whatever late compromise is finally agreed upon in the U.S. debt ceiling debate, the most difficult hurdles for any deficit-reduction…
Background: With the introduction of Part D drug benefits, Medicare began to collect information on diagnoses, treatments, and clinical…
There is considerable variance in the productivity of teachers, yet educators have been unable to identify observable characteristics…
Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines community programs with charter schools. We provide the first…
As of December 2010, 1.25 million service men and women had returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Many have been wounded or injured in…
Nuclear terrorism is a real and urgent threat. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences, even a small probability of terrorists…
Public opinion and the media form the foundation of the United States' representative democracy. They are the subject of enormous scrutiny…
Three months after the start of the extraordinarily moving Arab people’s protests that have swept through North Africa and the Middle East…
Despite bipartisan interest in advancing American energy policy, comprehensive energy and climate legislation fell short in the Senate last…