Louis Uchitelle argues that manufacturing should be a subsidized activity with social obligations.

Arguing about whether Paul Ryan is a racist is a very good thing.

The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates separates reality from fiction.

He insists not, and legal scholar Ian Haney López says he hopes Ryan has learned his lesson.

The history of the phrase "inner city" seems to buttress assertions that it comes with racial connotations.

In this Group Think, experts suggest factors that both contribute to and curb gun violence in America's inner cities.

Bill talks about the missing class -- the "near poor" -- with professor Katherine Newman.

Latino poet Martín Espada talks about his efforts to "speak on behalf of those without an opportunity to be heard."

The author and sociologist discusses how most inner-city blacks stay poor not because they are black, but because they live in the wasteland of the inner city.