Mmmm. It's things like this that remind me of how I'm such an intellectual dork, and need to lose myself in academic lore/wonderous drudgery!

Conservatives' Vision of an America Without Cities

"It's a startling fact that half of the American people live in just nine highly urbanized states -- most of them staunchly Democratic -- but they hold ( Read more... )

American women are 40 percent more likely than men to be poor. In fact, 90 percent of welfare recipients are women. While the Bush administration pours money into ineffective marriage-promotion programs, it ignores what may be the best bet for women to lift themselves out of poverty -- "men's work."