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Juneteenth, the most recently-declared official national holiday, is approaching. The commemoration of emancipation from slavery will draw attention to support for reparations for descendants of the enslaved, with New York and California the only two states to establish a group to formally consider the possibility.
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At the height of the New Deal, the Roosevelt Administration's Farm Security Administration (FSA), veered from reform to the outright radical: the establishment of an American version of a Soviet collective farm.
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But whether the term civil society means anything to her or not, Caitlin Clark has taken her place in a uniquely American tradition. It makes perfect sense for Caitlin Clark to be from Iowa, just as it was right for Larry Bird to hail from Indiana.
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Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies is back with its annual State of the Nation's Housing report—and once again it reaches a bleak conclusion based on a loaded and leading question designed to sound an alarm for more federal housing subsidies.
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As important as it is for institutions claiming not to be making racially-influenced decisions not to do so, a new AAER case raises a question that should concern those who value the independence of American philanthropic institutions.
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There is nothing at all objectionable about the Dry January idea; however, one looks in vain for those endorsing a drug-free January—or a drug-free New Year. Government is actively promoting the opposite message—that the use of drugs should be tolerated or even enabled.
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As the world of artificial intelligence unfolds, and with it the ever-increasing power of a technological elite, Kurt Vonnegut's "Player Piano" merits revisiting—as both a guide and a warning.
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Predominantly black districts drawn to ensure black representation may not be the best way to put the sins of racism behind us—and may increase the odds of less, not more, political and racial polarization.
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This fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a serious challenge by apartment owners to New York City rent control. At stake is a law which regulates rent prices and tenant rights for nearly one million apartments in the nation's largest city—and in other cities which have similar regulation.
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"The book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies--including public and other subsidized housing, as well as exclusionary zoning--with the idea that small houses --a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs; housing developer William Levitt; African- American small homes advocate Rev. Johnnie Ray Youngblood, as welll as first person accounts of one- time residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit's Black Bottom who lose their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. It combines reportage and policy in a way intenced to engage readers"--

Introduction: how civil society saved my father -- Charles Loring Brace: "To avert rather than cure" -- Jane Addams: from norms to reform -- Mary Richmond: from "scientific charity" to social work -- Grace Abbott from Nebraska: services rather than norms -- Wilbur Cohen and the scaling of the social service state -- Geoffrey Canada's revival of "middle-class values" -- Conclusion: reflections on social norms.

In Philanthropy Under Fire, author Howard Husock defends the American tradition of independent philanthropy from significant political and intellectual challenges which threaten it today. Although the U.S. continues to be the most charitable nation in the world, serious efforts seek to discourage traditional, personal charitable giving by changing the tax code, and directing philanthropy toward causes chosen by government. Some voices seek to narrow the very definition of philanthropy to include only direct redistribution of income from rich to poor. In contrast, Mr. Husock broa