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March 2007 (v18, no3)


Cover illustration by John Ritter Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Cover Story - Features America's China Fantasy James Mann Our political and business leaders insist that opening China to trade will eventually turn it into a democracy. But what if they're just making an authoritarian state much more powerful? Features How Congress Got Us Out of Vietnam Julian E. Zelizer Once upon a time, Congress put an end to a bloody debacle. It can do it again. Raising the Bar Ezra Klein John Edwards is the most populist presidential candidate we've seen in many decades. But can this tribune for the poor champion the middle class as well? Sight Unseen Noy Thrupkaew When curators began creating Vietnam's first international art show since 1962, they hoped their country's new openness to Western business would mean more cultural freedom. Were they ever wrong. Special Report Atlantic Passages Janet C. Gornick How Europe supports working parents and their children. Responsive Workplaces Jodie Levin-Epstein The business case for employment that values fairness and families Setting a Low Bar Ann Friedman The Architecture of Work and Family Ellen Bravo To have a job and a life, we need to redesign the national household. The Mother of All Issues Tamara Draut What it will take to put work and family on the national agenda. The Opt-Out Revolution Revisited Joan C. Williams Women aren't foresaking careers for domestic life. The ground rules just make it impossible to have both. Values Begin at Home, but Who's Home? Heather Boushey In the struggle to balance work and family, work is winning. What About Fathers? Scott Coltrane Marriage, work, and family in men's lives. What Do Women and Men Want? Kathleen Gerson Many of the same things -- but our system contributes to gender conflicts over work, parenting, and marriage.	Columns Canoeing Life's River Jeff Faux Congressional Battleground Paul Starr The debate over the war in Congress this winter is likely just a rehearsal. Settlement Creep Gershom Gorenberg The U.S. opposes Israel's West Bank settlements -- sort of. And so they grow. Six and Two Mark Schmitt Bush's is the certainty of a coach exhorting his players when they're down by 28 points. Culture & Books Dirty Harry Goes P.C. Charles Taylor Clint Eastwood's empathy with doomed Japanese soldiers whitewashes their barbaric warmaking. How America Does Art Paul DiMaggio Two authors grapple with just how democratic we want our arts to be: Do we really want a statue of Rocky on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art? Must Trade Kill Equality? Robert Kuttner The nations of Northern Europe manage to trade even more than the United States does, with nothing near the U.S. level of inequality. All it takes is an activist public sector that in no way resembles our own. Departments Correspondence The American Prospect Staff March 2007 (PDF) The American Prospect Staff Up Front The American Prospect Staff Long-shot presidential candidates, the Dinesh D'Souza Online Extras Father Load Kathleen Gerson, Brian Reid, Courtney E. Martin and Linda Hirshman A TAP Exchange on the role of fathers in achieving work/family balance. Fighting Apart for Time Together Courtney E. Martin Why is all the activism for work/life balance split along gender lines? What a Load Linda Hirshman In the discussion about achieving work/life balance, men are getting a free pass.

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