Cover Story

How Goes the Battle
By John J. DiIulio Jr.
It's too early to celebrate about recent declines in violent crime.

The New Front Line
By Mark A. R. Kleiman
Converting probation into a serious crimefighting tool.

Gun? Run!
By Ed Kilgore
Gun control and the Republican politics of evasion.

Bigger Isn't Better
By Andy Rotherham
Smaller schools can stem violence and boost student performance.

The Dance of Denials
By Joe Lieberman
There must be an immediate cease-fire in the marketing of violence to children.

Essays and Comment

Employing the "Unemployable"
By David Boldt
A Philadelphia program takes on welfare reform's hardest cases.

Blair's "Little Local Difficulty"
By Robert Philpot
Despite recent setbacks, he's still winning the battle of ideas.

Neither Friend Nor Foe
By Kent Harrington
The search for a realistic China policy.

The China WTO Deal
By Cal Dooley
We owe it to ourselves to try and close it.

Back to the Center
By Fred Siegel
The promise of the New Urbanism.

Departments

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• Think Globally, Act Locally

Letters

• Preventing Sprawl in New Mexico

Up Front

• A Window Opens in the House of Labor
• Environmental Miseducation

Editorials

• Turning the Corner on Violence
• Turning the Corner in Kosovo

Political Memo By Al From

• False Alarms

Special Supplement

State Focus: A Closer Look at the DLC State Network

• Governing from the Center
• Making Every School the Best Possible
• Results-Oriented Crime-Fighting
• "De-Ghetto-izing" the Latino Electorate
• The Next Steps Beyond Welfare Reform

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