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• Fixing Too Big To Fail

  Economic Policy

  Mike Konczal: How well will Representative Barney Frank's proposed regulatory reform legislation address the "too big to fail" problem?

• Save the Children, in Zimbabwe and at Home

  Youth

  Ophelia Hu: What is poverty? One volunteer's perspective shows us it's all relative.

• The New Okies: Brain Drain in Class of '09

  Youth

  Jeanette Blalock-Davis: Going abroad is no longer just a school-time pleasure cruise. It's an employment opportunity.

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• Tales of the Great Recession

  The winners of the fourth annual Nation Student Writing Competition addressed how the recession has affected them.

• Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration

  Ten Things

  Come out of the closet about your drug use; hire a formerly incarcerated person; vote for politicians who are smart on crime.

• Afghanistan: A Special Issue

  Afghanistan War

  The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.