| Below are selected articles from the week's news. These specific articles from ABC News have been chosen for review because of their timeliness and relevance to key concepts discussed in the book.
If you have already reviewed the articles, you may proceed to the news quiz. |
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| Article | Meeting G7, Bush Vows World Economic Fix |
| Journalist | Rachel Martin and Julia Hoppock |
| Date | 10/11/08 |
| Summary | After one of the worst weeks in the stock market's history, President Bush met foreign financial leaders today to hatch a plan to take on the international financial crisis. In a Rose Garden address following the meeting, Bush vowed to work together with world leaders to develop a unified response. |
| Subject | Economic Policy; Foreign Affairs |
| Relevance | The article focuses on efforts by President Bush to rally leaders of the industrialized nations to address the crisis in the global economy. |
| Article | Troopergate Report: Palin Abused Power |
| Journalist | Justin Rood, Jessica Rutherford, and Imtiyaz Delawala |
| Date | 10/11/08 |
| Summary | Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her public safety commissioner this July, a state investigation has concluded. |
| Subject | Federalism; Campaign and Elections; State and Local Government |
| Relevance | The article focuses on the report on the “Troopergate” investigation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. |
| Article | Conn. High Court: Civil Unions Discriminate |
| Journalist | Dennis Powell |
| Date | 10/10/08 |
| Summary | Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled today that gays and lesbians should be afforded the same basic right to marry as any other citizen of the state, paving the way for same-sex marriages to begin in that state before the end of the year. |
| Subject | Civil Rights |
| Relevance | The article focuses on the Connecticut State Supreme Court’s ruling that civil unions discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. |
| Article | Economic View From Main Street, Iowa |
| Journalist | Charlie Gibson |
| Date | 10/10/08 |
| Summary | The "World News" Battleground Bus Tour's first stop was Dixon, Ill., to see Ronald Reagan's boyhood home. We were just curious about it really -- but we were visiting at the point the market was down 700 points this morning, so we stopped off to meet the local broker. |
| Subject | The Mass Media; Economic Policy |
| Relevance | The article focuses on the reaction of citizens in Iowa to the economic crises. |
| Article | Playing the Financial Crisis Blame Game |
| Journalist | Stephen Webb |
| Date | 10/9/08 |
| Summary | People around the world are concerned and angry about the global financial crisis, with blame falling on the United States and "greedy" bankers on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| Subject | Economic Policy; Foreign Affairs |
| Relevance | The article reveals the blame game by leaders of the world as they contemplate solution to the global financial crisis |
| Article | Clintons Launch Campaign Swing for Obama |
| Journalist | Beth Fouhy |
| Date | 10/11/08 |
| Summary | When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race. |
| Subject | Campaign and Elections |
| Relevance | The article focuses on efforts by the Clintons to help Obama win the presidency in November |