Contents: Tribal wisdom -- Overworked American's or overwhelmed Americans? -- The Decline of bourgeois America -- Guns and dolls -- Children of the universe -- Crime in America: violent and irrational - and that's just the policy -- When violence hits home -- Legalization madness -- Violence against women -- Working harder, getting nowhere -- Poverty's children : growing up in the South Bronx -- Dismantling the welfare state: is it the answer to America's social problems? -- Whites' myths about blacks -- The New assault on immigrants -- The Longest climb -- Men: tomorrow's second sex -- The Way we weren't : the myth and reality of the traditional family -- Where's papa? -- Modernizing marriage -- Now for the truth about Americans and sex -- Are today's suburbs really family - friendly? -- A New vision for city schools -- Can churches save America? -- Money changes everything -- Hyper democracy -- Reinventing the corporation -- The Revolution in the workplace: what's happening to our jobs?.