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By The American Prospect Staff
Cover Story - Features
Eric Holder's War
Dayo Olopade
How the attorney general's relationship to his president, his adopted city, and his race are shaping the Justice Department.
Features
Germany's Economic Engine
Eamonn Fingleton 
For years, economists said Germany was doing everything wrong. But today it's thriving, even in the wake of the global financial crisis.
The Ultimate Test Case
Tim Fernholz
Obama has said he wants to change our very mind-set about foreign policy. Afghanistan is where he must prove it.
Underrating Reform
Paul Starr
Even with its compromises, health reform is the most ambitious effort in decades to reorganize a big part of life around principles of justice and efficiency.
Special Report
A Tour of Six States
Jake Blumgart, Pema Levy, Gabriel Arana and Mikhail Zinshteyn
Snapshots of the fiscal crisis across the nation.
Buckeye Budget Blues
Amy Hanauer
Ohio has all the reform elements in place -- except political will.
California in Crisis
Donald Cohen and Peter Dreier
With a dysfunctional state government unable to act, the universities, schools, and roads that were once the model for the nation are crumbling -- if not collapsing.
Digging Out, Planning Ahead
Nicholas Johnson and Michael Leachman
The federal government needs to do more to help states survive this downturn -- and plan for permanent anti-recession fiscal relief.
Loosening Fiscal Straitjackets
Iris Lav and Jon Shure
Proponents say that caps on taxing and spending enhance democracy. In reality, they destroy accountable government -- but that can be changed.
Public Capacity and Public Trust
Dianne Stewart and Michael Lipsky
Can we reverse the vicious circle of frustrated citizens denying state government adequate resources -- and then resenting the lack of state services?
Reform Amid Fiscal Ruin
Greg Anrig
In some states, progressive leadership and grass-roots activism have turned crisis into opportunity for long-deferred tax reform.
State Fiscal Gimmicks: A Budgetary Balancing Act
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene
Phony budget accounting defers the day of reckoning -- but raises costs.
Transparency For What?
Mark Schmitt
The left, right, and center agree that they want more state budget data. But not all data improves policy.
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Columns
Fantasy-League Politics
Mark Schmitt
The recurring dream of an independent candidate or party protects the status quo.
Fiscal Folly
Robert Kuttner
We need more deficit spending on public investment and jobs now, then deficit reduction once recovery comes.
Swagger Like Us
Ann Friedman
Should women amplify their aggression to mimic successful men? Or should they play up what supposedly makes them different?
What Happened to Democracy?
Robert B. Reich
Nobody seems to be talking about the reforms needed to clean up democracy.
Culture & Books
American Taliban
Robert Kuttner
The marriage between religious fundamentalism and market conservatism is as strong as ever.
Democracy's Faith-Base Troubles
Peter Steinfels
Religion and rationality have been clashing for centuries. Is it possible to talk about this conflict without going nuts?
Literature from the Underground
Adam Serwer
Does a new anthology devoted to a hip-hop classic elevate the genre to its rightful place as a literary form?
This Is How You'll Get There
David Roberts
Cars, roads, and parking could be transformed completely. The technology is there, but is society ready?
Departments
Noted
The Editors
Responses to Gabriel Arana's "Gay on Trial," Ann Friedman's "The Company We Keep," and a message from Prospect executive editor Mark Schmitt.
The Bicycle Grief
Alexandra Gutierrez
In the quest for bike-friendly cities, are snobby cyclists their own worst enemies?
Up Front
The Editors
McCain on the stump; OMG, it's Peter Orszag; and The Question.
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