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The federal government has the unique ability, and thus responsibility, to set baselines for citizenship, economic security and market rules.

The president must decide what is more important: pandering to the Catholic hierarchy or protecting women's health.

The government is making life immeasurably harder for some of the country’s poorest people.

Drug courts have helped some addicts recover. But they may be delaying expansion of treatment programs that will best reduce harms from addiction.

This puzzle originally appeared in the July 5, 1975, issue.

How the Pentagon is cheating wounded vets.

How the earthquake aid regime sidelines those it intends to help.

As welcome as it was, the removal of George W. Bush was not enough to cure what ails us.

The campaign against forced prostitution works when it addresses victims' needs.

Taking a cue from FDR, Britain launches the New Deal of the Mind.