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Updates on how inequality persists across generations; the nonsense of “taxes are job killers”; governor uses tax revenues to prevent unionization in a private enterprise; and more.

Having a middle class is a choice that a society has to make, and it's a choice we need to make again in this generation.

Since Katrina, a lot has changed. The question is whether the change is for the better.

There are at least three approaches to evaluating the role of big philanthropy in ed reform. Understanding how they differ makes for a more effective analysis and stronger arguments.

Pundits and political scientists are always searching for that simple theory that'll explain just what makes our politics tick. Where should they be looking? How about in the eyes …

A humorous look at gun control in the workplace.

The news media seems obsessed, but with all the wrong things.

One lesson of the Heartbleed bug is that the US needs to stop running Internet security like a Wikipedia volunteer project.

It is not draconian prison sentences for drug offenders that work, but addiction treatment.

Years after the disastrous BP oil spill caused massive environmental damage in the Gulf, smaller oil spills are a continuous but largely unnoticed problem.