December 2000/January 2001

New Democracy Forum: Rethinking Affirmative Action

The Future of Affirmative Action  Susan Sturm and Lani Guinier

Mending Affirmative Action Stephen Steinberg
Vygotsky to the Rescue!  Howard Gardner
The Promise of Diversity  Mary C. Waters and Carolyn Boyes-Watson
Too Formal? Paul Osterman
America's Next Step  Ward Connerly
It's Still a Test  Maureen A. Scully and Deborah M. Kolb
Diversity and Capitalism Michael J. Piore
Pseudo-Meritocracy Peter Sacks
What's Fair? Peter Cappelli
Susan Sturm and Lani Guinier Respond 

Essays

The American Jobs Machine   Erik Olin Wright and Rachel Dwyer
Is the new economy creating good jobs?
Ethics and Equality   Stuart White
Fogel, Dworkin, and Cohen on egalitarianism, religion, and the good life.
On Film: My Brother's Keeper   Alan A. Stone
"Shower" allows you to understand, for a moment, what it feels like to be a saint.