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Obama, Democrats See Opportunity In Outer Suburbs' Troubles

Washington Post | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


For all the emphasis on Sen. Barack Obama's chances with working-class voters in declining Rust Belt cities, the biggest swing vote in the presidentia...

Do Big Homes Mean Bigger Happiness?

Graham Hill | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green


Graham Hill

The funny thing is, while homes get bigger, and this McMansion trend swallows up neighborhoods and landmarks, families are actually getting smaller.

Money: What Do Rich People Do When They No Longer Have It?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Without all that money and newly leased Mercedes, people did not know how to define themselves anymore. Unless, that is, they were actually real people inside them to begin with.

What's So Great about Gated Communities

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Barbara Ehrenreich

Before we turn all of America into a gated community, with a steel fence running along the southern border, we should consider the mixed history of exclusionary walls.