AMERICAN TAXATIONHow a nation born out of a tax revolt has—and especially hasn’t—solved the problems of taxing its citizens. by John Steele Gordon
RESCUE SQUADToday nearly half a million people serve two-thirds of the country in a crucial volunteer service that began only recently—and only because a nine-year-old boy saw a drowning. by Jack Kelly
IN WINDSOR PRISONIt began as America’s most modern penal institution, and for generations the Vermont State Prison reflected the changing ways by which we thought we should punish our wrongdoers. Then a tormented era and a ghastly crime combined to end its old career—and give it a surprising new one. by Gene Smith
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