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Tell Congress: Protect Public Media Funding. Act now.

A proposal that would claw back funds for public media has passed the Senate and now moves to the House for a final vote. The House is expected to vote on it in the coming days. Montana Public Radio and thousands of other stations across the country receive critical federal funds to strengthen our work.

To add your voice in support of Montana Public Radio visit Protect My Public Media and contact your House reps. today.

Reconsidering the 'Broken Windows' Theory

By Marcus Rosenbaum

Published March 2, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

For 20 years, something called the "broken windows" theory has guided some social policy and many city police departments. The theory holds that disorder in urban neighborhoods leads people to be disorderly. New research shows that people's perceptions of disorder don't always match the actual disorder in their neighborhoods.