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Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, But It's Profitable for Testing
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:56:33 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | 09.07
Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, But It's Profitable for Testin=
g Companies
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11361-outing-act-test-and-punish-doesnt-educ=
ate-but-is-profitable-for-testing-companies
Susan Ohanian and Marion Brady, Truthout: "Future historians, trying to exp=
lain why America, at the turn of the 21st century, chose a path to educatio=
n reform that made catastrophe all but inevitable, will have a difficult ti=
me unraveling the tangled weave of ideology, ignorance, hubris, secrecy, na=
ivet=C3=A9, greed and unexamined assumptions that contributed to that catas=
trophe."
Tom Hayden | Saving Obama, Saving Ourselves
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11392-saving-obama-saving-ourselves
Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden's Web site: "The threat of a Romney-Ryan regime shou=
ld be enough to convince a narrow American majority to vote for Barack Obam=
a, including the disappointed rank-and-file of social movements."
Democracy: Is a Continent Too Big?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11391-democracy-is-a-continent-too-big
Gar Alperovitz, Truthout: "Is it really feasible - in systemic and foundati=
onal terms - to sustain equality, liberty and democracy in a very large-sca=
le, centrally governed continental system that spans almost three thousand =
miles and includes almost 300 million people? And if not, how might a democ=
ratic nation ultimately be conceived?"
Cartoon Killers for Romney
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11379-cartoon-killers-for-romney
Greg Palast, Seven Stories Press: "In ancient times, before the US Supreme =
Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United, the maximum amount you could give=
a candidate for president, legally, was two thousand dollars.... As soon a=
s Citizens [United] came down, billionaires pulled out their debit cards an=
d went on a shopping spree."
Seven Ways to End the Deficit (Without Throwing Grandma Under the Bus)
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11389-seven-ways-to-end-the-deficit-witho=
ut-throwing-grandma-under-the-bus
John Cavanagh, Yes! Magazine: "My colleagues at the Institute for Policy St=
udies (IPS) have identified seven steps that, together, more than eliminate=
the deficit while making the country more equitable, green and secure. The=
se proposals...would also address our social deficits (rising poverty and i=
nequality) and environmental deficits (starting with the climate crisis)."
Obama's Gift to Progressives
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11406-obamas-gift-to-progressives
Ira Chernus, Truthout: "Obama supported health care reform, the stimulus pa=
ckage, bringing troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, support for gay righ=
ts, curbs on deportations, etcetera, etcetera. But this laundry-list approa=
ch misses the greatest gift that Obama is giving progressives, the one that=
's on the order of the new car the philanderer gives the betrayed spouse fo=
r Christmas. It's not a specific policy. It's a narrative frame."
When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America's Police State-on-Steroids at the =
Conventions
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11395-when-did-dissent-become-a-crime-ame=
ricas-police-state-on-steroids-at-the-conventions
Arun Gupta, AlterNet: "In cities hosting large gatherings such as the natio=
nal political conventions or international summits, we've come to expect a =
massive militarized police presence, even as the ranks of protesters thin. =
But what happens to all of the new high-tech cop toys and newly passed ordi=
nances once conventioneers leave town? They stay."
"It's Arithmetic": The Best of Bill Clinton's DNC Speech, in One Infographi=
c
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11386-its-arithmetic-the-best-of-bill-clinto=
ns-dnc-speech-in-one-infographic
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress: "Last night, President Bill Clinton formally nomi=
nated President Obama for a second term at the Time Warner Center in downto=
wn Charlotte, North Carolina in a fiery, energetic speech that had the DNC =
crowd roaring from the moment he stepped on stage.... To drive home the poi=
nt, Clinton employed a running tally of both the Obama White House's and th=
e Republican Party's record on private sector jobs over the last 50 years."
Tell President Obama To Act: Stop US Gun Trafficking Now!
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11334-tell-president-obama-to-act-stop-us=
-gun-trafficking-now
Kristel Mucino and Axel Caballero, Brave New Foundation: "For Mexicans acro=
ss the political spectrum, the failure of the United States to stop gun tra=
fficking is an act of tremendous irresponsibility that results in the spill=
ing of innocent blood. In the name of the more than 60,000 victims in Mexic=
o and of the victims of the many shootings in the United States, it is time=
to enact meaningful gun control legislation in this country."
Paul Krugman | Twisting the Facts to Make a Case Against Obama
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11383-twisting-the-facts-to-make-a-case-a=
gainst-obama
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "There are multiple errors and misrepresentati=
ons in a recent cover story by the Harvard professor and columnist Niall Fe=
rguson for Newsweek magazine - I guess they don't do fact-checking - but th=
is is the one that jumped out at me.... We're not talking about ideology or=
even economic analysis here - just a plain misrepresentation of the facts,=
with an august publication letting itself be used to misinform readers."
Quebec Election Gives Students a Victory on Tuition Hikes, Fight for Free E=
ducation Continues
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11404-quebec-election-gives-students-a-victo=
ry-on-tuition-hikes-fight-for-free-education-continues
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: "In Quebec, a new government has been elec=
ted. The Parti Quebecois is now a minority government. And amongst other th=
ings, they promised they would end the planned tuition hike that helped lea=
d to the defeat Jean Charest, the leader of the Liberal Party."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
A Tale of Two Economies: Skyrocketing Stock Market for the Rich, Devaluatio=
n of Work for the Rest
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11737-a-a-tale-of-two-ec=
onomies-skyrocketing-stock-market-for-the-rich-devaluation-of-work-for-the-=
rest
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "The rich are making out like bandits i=
n the booming Wall Street economy that is based on profits squeezed out of =
firing workers, lowering net wages (adjusted for inflation), and outsourcin=
g jobs to exploited labor overseas."
How the GOP Could Steal America's 2012 Election
Read the Article at Z Magazine
http://www.zcommunications.org/how-the-gop-could-steal-americas-2012-electi=
on-by-bob-fitrakis
US Judge Blocks New Restrictions on Guantanamo Lawyers
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE8851E720=
120906
Pragmatic Racism
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11736-pragmatic-racism
Did Obama Phone It in on Thursday Night?
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/09/obama-phones-it-dnc-finale
GOP Suing to Keep Third Parties Off Ballot in November
Read the Article at The New American
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12731-gop-suing-to-keep-=
third-parties-off-ballot-in-november
Peace in Afghanistan, the Civil Society Way
Read the Article at IPS News
http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/09/peace-in-afghanistan-the-civil-society-way/
Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin's TV Ad Buy Canceled - for Failure to Pay the S=
tation
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/akin-tv-ad-buy-canceled----for-fa=
ilure-to-pay-the-station.php
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<td><h1 style="font-size: x-large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">BuzzFlash</h1>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A Tale of Two Economies: Skyrocketing Stock Market for the Rich, Devaluation of Work for the Rest
</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>"The rich are making out like bandits in the booming Wall Street economy that is based on profits squeezed out of firing workers, lowering net wages (adjusted for inflation), and outsourcing jobs to exploited labor overseas."</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OfsJZCL0E2FVQ45MgOl5Pjb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How the GOP Could Steal America's 2012 Election</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LIEe5fq%2FsEZlHhS2IdoPsddUMHOhvEL4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Z Magazine</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>US Judge Blocks New Restrictions on Guantanamo Lawyers</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d43kuNId2QxI51u%2B4tafYDb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pragmatic Racism</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ihpHCh3PVk54QHYL6ocnhTb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Did Obama Phone It in on Thursday Night?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=asZVj%2B1thLr0MpEVat%2Bi29dUMHOhvEL4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>GOP Suing to Keep Third Parties Off Ballot in November</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qmEVezUfje6uGPOpaiLN6Tb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New American</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Peace in Afghanistan, the Civil Society Way</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P5TV19v2KnndOnDaxbFmLTb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at IPS News</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin's TV Ad Buy Canceled - for Failure to Pay the Station</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aOAzYi9thFDHv1y0jdK3Ujb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
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</table><p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gvlmatnSYqbwvOg2MDe4cTb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, But It's Profitable for Testing Companies</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Susan Ohanian and Marion Brady, Truthout:</strong> "Future historians, trying to explain why America, at the turn of the 21st century, chose a path to education reform that made catastrophe all but inevitable, will have a difficult time unraveling the tangled weave of ideology, ignorance, hubris, secrecy, naiveté, greed and unexamined assumptions that contributed to that catastrophe."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6383WxhHiBc9Swehk52AWjb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oIrLqFTXUd6W8YOpdHkAtjb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tom Hayden | Saving Obama, Saving Ourselves</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Tom Hayden, Tom Hayden's Web site:</strong> "The threat of a Romney-Ryan regime should be enough to convince a narrow American majority to vote for Barack Obama, including the disappointed rank-and-file of social movements."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Fl7l%2FpqCWC8sQE5V9DCW3Tb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cchK%2BzeauoLVTT8NudJuizb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Democracy: Is a Continent Too Big?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Gar Alperovitz, Truthout:</strong> "Is it really feasible - in systemic and foundational terms - to sustain equality, liberty and democracy in a very large-scale, centrally governed continental system that spans almost three thousand miles and includes almost 300 million people? And if not, how might a democratic nation ultimately be conceived?"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wc4qp94t2M5JLHtSPGysbtdUMHOhvEL4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=C%2Fh29slnwsEQLOdaRQLDYtdUMHOhvEL4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Cartoon Killers for Romney</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Greg Palast, Seven Stories Press:</strong> "In ancient times, before the US Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United, the maximum amount you could give a candidate for president, legally, was two thousand dollars.... As soon as Citizens [United] came down, billionaires pulled out their debit cards and went on a shopping spree."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gZWTttr9nlvfgxA1U6WLYjb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HGovKX83r3%2F879dfT8x4Bzb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Seven Ways to End the Deficit (Without Throwing Grandma Under the Bus)</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>John Cavanagh, Yes! Magazine:</strong> "My colleagues at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) have identified seven steps that, together, more than eliminate the deficit while making the country more equitable, green and secure. These proposals...would also address our social deficits (rising poverty and inequality) and environmental deficits (starting with the climate crisis)."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4pkoA8jUuueIcdFR2ZSAyzb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9ytlCv0CqkjRP7cNW9rocDb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama's Gift to Progressives</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ira Chernus, Truthout:</strong> "Obama supported health care reform, the stimulus package, bringing troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, support for gay rights, curbs on deportations, etcetera, etcetera. But this laundry-list approach misses the greatest gift that Obama is giving progressives, the one that's on the order of the new car the philanderer gives the betrayed spouse for Christmas. It's not a specific policy. It's a narrative frame."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hpLWOaQuNnnKtaQbyTiTfjb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ME%2B1x%2BGU9F5mMIVhlu%2FDrTb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America's Police State-on-Steroids at the Conventions</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Arun Gupta, AlterNet:</strong> "In cities hosting large gatherings such as the national political conventions or international summits, we've come to expect a massive militarized police presence, even as the ranks of protesters thin. But what happens to all of the new high-tech cop toys and newly passed ordinances once conventioneers leave town? They stay."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B2WFzxU2jjn5NOGNBWlEATb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Fs3aKrffXp77po2NgOTGEjb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"It's Arithmetic": The Best of Bill Clinton's DNC Speech, in One Infographic</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Adam Peck, ThinkProgress:</strong> "Last night, President Bill Clinton formally nominated President Obama for a second term at the Time Warner Center in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina in a fiery, energetic speech that had the DNC crowd roaring from the moment he stepped on stage.... To drive home the point, Clinton employed a running tally of both the Obama White House's and the Republican Party's record on private sector jobs over the last 50 years."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M4bWaYQTUkeSbWD9crA3aDb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>See the Infographic</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7uMwujDosi0moDXaPub9tzb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tell President Obama To Act: Stop US Gun Trafficking Now!</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Kristel Mucino and Axel Caballero, Brave New Foundation:</strong> "For Mexicans across the political spectrum, the failure of the United States to stop gun trafficking is an act of tremendous irresponsibility that results in the spilling of innocent blood. In the name of the more than 60,000 victims in Mexico and of the victims of the many shootings in the United States, it is time to enact meaningful gun control legislation in this country."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X3RpoKOkKDjhcfUxvP1Zujb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7uONq5BCrAsDamAlPy0Fujb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | Twisting the Facts to Make a Case Against Obama</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> "There are multiple errors and misrepresentations in a recent cover story by the Harvard professor and columnist Niall Ferguson for Newsweek magazine - I guess they don't do fact-checking - but this is the one that jumped out at me.... We're not talking about ideology or even economic analysis here - just a plain misrepresentation of the facts, with an august publication letting itself be used to misinform readers."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S7y1Z66jQ6TQDjLTWHVXQDb1K85Onagf" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bmvd1v7IX4uYXNk7Lv7VrTb1K85Onagf"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Quebec Election Gives Students a Victory on Tuition Hikes, Fight for Free Education Continues</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> "In Quebec, a new government has been elected. The Parti Quebecois is now a minority government. And amongst other things, they promised they would end the planned tuition hike that helped lead to the defeat Jean Charest, the leader of the Liberal Party."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B3lDRWvcJr9g2KmjO5AR%2B9dUMHOhvEL4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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