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Wikileaks, an Illegitimate NGO
Americans, and most people around the world, instinctively tend to trust non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This public trust is generally for good reason; NGOs are ostensibly not-for-profit, independent of governments, mostly run by volunteers, and almost always guided by a laudable, moral cause. Whether an NGO focuses on spreading health awareness, encouraging government transparency, or fighting…
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The Risks of the Public Option
In early July, the health policy community heard a familiar proposal from familiar voices. After some restraint, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton promoted a public option insurance plan in every state as a key pillar of her health care platform, a provision that appeals to Senator Bernie Sander’s progressive base as a step toward a…
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For Whom The Bus Rolls
BY BRIAN BENTON David took the bus to visit his mother and, maybe more important, because he had just found a transfer pass in his back pocket. Claire was going to work, as she had done almost every weekday for most of the past year and a half, except for the few days when her…
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Public Transit as Access to Employment
BY SEAN JANDA In any contemporary American debate about how government can work to improve the prospects of the impoverished or the state of the urban environment, it is virtually certain that at least one participant—and, in many cases, both participants—will repeatedly circle back to the necessity of job creation. Unfortunately, creating more jobs is…
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Bringing Women into the Public Sphere
There are few things better than getting re-inspired about a cause you believe in. Nicholas Kristof’s speech at Washington University last week did exactly that. Kristof, noted New York Times columnist and all-around BAMF (for proof of his BAMF status, read the text of his interview with WUPR here) was promoting his recent book Half…
