In May, the Congressional Budget Office issued a new report on the size of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subsidy, estimating that in 2000 these two government-sponsored enterprises received an implicit government backing of $10.6 billion. This was an increase of more than 50 percent from five years...

How does the Massachusetts health plan work? Can it be implemented in other states?

Health policy analysts have thought for years that health insurance increases the use of medical care. Based on this belief, politicians of both major parties have been discussing ways to increase public and private health insurance coverage for the uninsured, especially for children. But is it true...

The resumption of Syrian-Israeli talks in December triggered new hopes, encouraged by the leaders of all the parties engaged, that a peace agreement was close at hand. Although the talks have now stalled, one thing is clear: the United States is being asked to support the agreement with significant...

Over the last thirty-five years, conceptions of legal fairness have become the norm in public schools as they have in other aspects of American life. But is legal fairness in schools really fair? By definition, legal fairness does not look past compliance to the effects of a policy on...