Issues and Ideas

Learn about important issues facing America and discover the innovative products, people, ideas and stories that make our nation great.

Quick Study: Air Traffic Control How does air traffic control work? RD takes a look at the history of controllers and how flights get delayed.

4+ Ways of Looking at Bridge The story behind bridges that span India, France, Peru, and Minneapolis.

Special Report: FDA in Crisis Is America's consumer watchdog understaffed, overburdened, ethically challenged or merely misunderstood?

Fuel Efficiency Politics Our cars should go farther now—and with fewer fill ups. Is the road to hell paved with politicians?

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1 Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water
Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: new reasons to rethink what you drink and beware of bottled water.
2 How Boys and Girls Learn Differently
David Chadwell, the country’s first—and only—state coordinator of single gender education, walks us through the gender differences.
3 The Financial Crisis of 2008
A roadmap to calamity.

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