Al Gore and the "Embellishment" Issue: Press Coverage of the Gore Presidential Campaign

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In late 1999, in the midst of a hotly contested race for the Democratic Party nomination for president, word of a potentially damaging "gaffe" by Vice President Al Gore began circulating in the press. Reporting on his appearance at a student...

Education, Immigration, and the "Right of Abode" in Hong Kong (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In early August, 2001, just in advance of a new school year, the Education Department of Hong Kong issued what officials believed to be a standard, non-controversial advisory to the 1200-plus primary and secondary schools receiving government...

Education, Immigration, and the "Right of Abode" in Hong Kong (B)

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In early August, 2001, just in advance of a new school year, the Education Department of Hong Kong issued what officials believed to be a standard, non-controversial advisory to the 1200-plus primary and secondary schools receiving government...

Education, Immigration, and the "Right of Abode" in Hong Kong (A)

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

In early August, 2001, just in advance of a new school year, the Education Department of Hong Kong issued what officials believed to be a standard, non-controversial advisory to the 1200-plus primary and secondary schools receiving government...

Urban Homesteading Assistance Board

Publication Date: October 01, 2003

Thirty years after its founding in 1973, New York City's Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) found itself at a crossroads. The nonprofit, church-related organization that had long-provided tenants with assistance in renovating abandoned...

Shelter and Poverty Assistance in Nouakchott

Publication Date: August 08, 2003

In the summer of 2002 the Commissariat for Human Rights, Poverty Alleviation, and Social Inclusion, an agency of the government of Mauritania, had to decide whether and how to modify its Twizé program of shelter and poverty assistance...

Portland's Urban Growth Boundary and Housing Prices: Note on Measuring Housing Prices (B)

Publication Date: August 06, 2003

In December of 2002, the Metro Council of Portland, Oregon had to decide whether or not to expand the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) for the metropolitan area. The UGB had been created as a tool to help promote a more compact, livable, and...

Portland's Urban Growth Boundary and Housing Prices: The Debate (A)

Publication Date: August 06, 2003

In December of 2002, the Metro Council of Portland, Oregon had to decide whether or not to expand the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) for the metropolitan area. The UGB had been created as a tool to help promote a more compact, livable, and...

When Prevention Can Kill: Epilogue

Publication Date: August 01, 2003

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September, 2001, the United States began to take seriously threats which had, heretofore, been generally discounted. Among these was the possibility of...

When Prevention Can Kill: Minnesota and the Smallpox Vaccine Program

Publication Date: August 01, 2003

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September, 2001, the United States began to take seriously threats which had, heretofore, been generally discounted. Among these was the possibility of...

Uniting Welfare and Child Welfare: The El Paso County Department of Human Services (B)

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

When he takes the reins of the El Paso County, Colorado, Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1997, David Berns has ambitious goals for the department's struggling child welfare services division. He must deal both with a rising caseload of...

Uniting Welfare and Child Welfare: The El Paso County Department of Human Services (A)

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

When he takes the reins of the El Paso County, Colorado, Department of Human Services (DHS) in 1997, David Berns has ambitious goals for the department's struggling child welfare services division. He must deal both with a rising caseload of...