X-UIDL: 7d9e6eaccaf60333 X-Mozilla-Status: 0000 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Return-Path: Received: from maitai.democracyinaction.org ([69.93.114.210]) by mailin02.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1CFJpX-0TzyoC0; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:00:15 +0200 Received: from kamikaze.democracyinaction.org (kamikaze [69.93.5.18]) by maitai.democracyinaction.org (8.12.11/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i96M0BP1032626 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:00:11 -0400 Message-ID: <5123058.1097099571471.JavaMail.clundberg@kamikaze.democracyinaction.org> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:52:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Moving Ideas Reply-To: movingideas@democracyinaction.org To: star.mail@t-online.de Subject: Moving Ideas News: September 30-October 6, 2004 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6787_24933519.1097099571468" email_KEY: 1639050 X-TOI-SPAM: u;0;2004-10-06T22:00:27Z X-TOI-MSGID: 53b7207b-a15f-4e1c-9043-26856386a379 X-Seen: false ------=_Part_6787_24933519.1097099571468 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For an html version of the newsletter, with a clickable table of contents, = go to http://www.movingideas.org/newsletter.html =20 For article summaries from our member organizations, see below. 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Include= s how to participate in Amnesty International USA=92s Weekend of Faith in A= ction on the Death Penalty, October 22-24. http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/death_penalty.html =20 Voting in America: How Democratic Is It? A four part series about voter purges, new technologies, disenfranchisement= , and intimidation. http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/voter_protection_series.html= =20 ************ FEATURED ARTICLES ************=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Comprehensive Ballot Measure Election Preview From: BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER With their proven ability to draw voters to the polls, ballot measures on i= ssues including medical malpractice reform, gay marriage and the minimum wa= ge have the added effect of highlighting the distinct domestic policy agend= as of both Presidential candidates. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5845=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Going Down with the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a Declining= Dollar From: CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH Mark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker The authors warn that developing countries can be expected to incur substan= tial losses from holding dollar reserves. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5833 -------------------------------------------------------------- Frequent Filers: Corporate Hypocrisy in Accessing the Courts From: PUBLIC CITIZEN This examination of public records finds that American businesses file four= times as many lawsuits as do individuals, and they are penalized more ofte= n for pursuing frivolous litigation. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5850 ************ DOMESTIC SOCIAL ************ -------------------------------------------------------------- Card Check vs. NLRB Elections From: AMERICAN RIGHTS AT WORK This fact sheet compares the process of workers organizing to form a union = and bargain a contract through timely 'card check' elections with the Natio= nal Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supervised elections. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5834=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Connecticut's 14-Day Voter Registration Deadline Called Unconstitutional From: BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE A lawsuit filed claims that Connecticut is violating the Constitution by re= quiring citizens to register at least 14 days in advance of Election Day. T= he suit is the first in the United States to seek Election Day Registration= or EDR, as a cure for the disenfranchisement of eligible voters.=20 http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5841=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- New York Assemblymembers Propose Overhaul of Assembly Rules From: BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE Assemblymember Scott Stringer (D-Manhattan) introduced a binding resolution= to change the rules of the State Assembly that will increase transparency,= participation and effectiveness in the operations of the chamber. Assembly= member Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo) and fifteen other majority members of the Assem= bly co-sponsor what is the most significant legislative reform measure to e= njoy serious support in Albany. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5842=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Gang Bill is Dangerous to Children From: CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve S. 1735, the Gang Preventio= n and Effective Deterrence Act. This bill has a detrimental approach to com= bating gang violence that could inappropriately trap more young people in t= he adult system. This action alert urges House Representatives not to spons= or companion legislation to S. 1735! http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5839 -------------------------------------------------------------- Estimating the Probabilities and Patterns of Food Stamp Use Across the Life= Course From: INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl This report examines the use of food stamps over the course of a lifetime, = focusing on children to age 20 and adults to age 65. The authors explore th= e likelihood of food stamp receipt, the number of years received, and the i= mpact of education, gender, race and marital status. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5852=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- NCLR Highlights Pivotal Latino Vote, Road Map for Presidential Candidates From: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA In a forum on the Latino vote at the University of Miami, in advance of the= first presidential debate, NCLR President Raul Yzaguirre gave a powerful p= resentation on what it will take for each presidential candidate to win the= Latino vote, and provided a road map for each candidate to achieve his goa= l. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5869=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Memo to Members: Low Income Housing News From: NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION In this issue: Temporary Aid to Needy Families Reauthorization Passes; Two = Bills Address Native American Housing; Hearing Set on Mortgage Fraud; and m= uch more. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5847=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Results: Housing and Community Develop= ment From: NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION On August 2, 2004, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Fundi= ng (CHCDF) sent eight questions to both the Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edwards c= ampaigns. Read the questions and some answers here.=20 http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5848 -------------------------------------------------------------- 4 More Years... or 40 More? From: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY Sign up to become a justice action advocate and help ensure fair-minded U.S= Supreme Court justices who respect the basic constitutional principles of= equality and justice under the law. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5843 -------------------------------------------------------------- Helping Poor Dads Help Their Kids From: CENTURY FOUNDATION While so-called deadbeat dads are often portrayed as villains in the lives = of poor mothers and their children, the Federal Office of Child Support Enf= orcement (OCSE), the nation's watchdog over non-custodial parents, recently= recognized that non-paying fathers are not always the bad guys. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5861=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Public Opinion Watch From: CENTURY FOUNDATION Ruy Teixeira In this issue: The Myth of the Security Mom; So, How Well Does that Gallup = Likely Voter Model Really Work?; New Surveys Show Democrats Need Clear Agen= da, High Hispanic Turnout; Was the Republican Convention Bigger than Septem= ber 11?; and much more. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5835=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Voting: The 2004 Election and Beyond From: CENTURY FOUNDATION Tova Andrea Wang On September 23, Democracy Fellow Tova Andrea Wang spoke at a conference at= Ohio State University entitled "Electronic Voting: The 2004 Election and B= eyond." This conference examined the legal and policy issues surrounding th= e ongoing transformation in voting technology. Download her remarks from th= e conference. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5862=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Actual Constituents: Students and Political Clout in New York From: PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE Peter Wagner The report looks at how students are counted in the Census, why that makes = sense (as opposed to how prisoners are counted) and why it makes no sense a= t all for some counties to discourage students from voting locally. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5871=20 ************ DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ************ -------------------------------------------------------------- Assessing the Administration's Claims that Extending $1.1 Billion in Expiri= ng SCHIP Funds is not Necessary to Sustain Existing Children's Enrollment From: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES Edwin Park and Matt Broaddus This analysis examines the basis for administration opposition to bipartisa= n legislation to maintain the availability of $1.1 billion for children's h= ealth insurance coverage, as well as the administration's alternative propo= sal.=20 http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5840 -------------------------------------------------------------- Decline in Corporate Borrowing Helps Keep Interest Rates Low From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE Lee Price The author states that the dramatic withdrawal of corporations from the cap= ital markets over the last four years helps to explain why interest rates h= ave remained low. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5837=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Economists, Including 4 Nobelists, Call for Minimum Wage Raise From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE The Economic Policy Institute and 562 economists, including four Nobel Priz= e winners in economics, call for a modest increase in the minimum wage, say= ing it can significantly improve the lives of low-income workers and their = families. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5872=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- OMB Watcher From: OMB WATCH In this issue: Court Strikes Down Part of the Patriot Act; Large Corporatio= ns May Receive More Tax Breaks; Bill to Regulate Independent Political Comm= ittees Introduced in Congress; and much more. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5851 -------------------------------------------------------------- Immigration, Jobs, and the American Economy From: CENTURY FOUNDATION Greg Anrig and Tova Andrea Wang A new issue brief sheds light on the complicated debate surrounding immigra= nts' impact on the economy.=20 http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5860=20 ************ FOREIGN POLICY ************ -------------------------------------------------------------- Libya: Security is not Enough From: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Michele Dunne President Bush has suggested that other nations - Iran, North Korea, Syria = - follow the example of Libya, which increased its own security by ending l= inks with terrorist groups and surrendering weapons of mass destruction and= delivery systems. Some commentators are taking a second lesson from the Li= bya case: The United States will forgo its declared interest in democratiza= tion and reform if a country takes positive security-related steps and has = enough petroleum to offer. The author suggests that the United States needs= to correct this impression. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5857=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq and Averages From: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Robert Kagan The author argues that for the past few months it has become common wisdom = that the war in Iraq is lost, based on what any historian will tell you is = far too little evidence to make such a final judgment. This op-ed originall= y appeared in the Washington Post. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5858=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Cambodia Blazes a New Path to Economic Growth and Job Creation From: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Sandra Polaski A unique and successful international policy experiment has been under way = in Cambodia for the last six years that demonstrates how trade agreements c= an create jobs and improve working conditions, pay, and labor rights. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5859=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Afghanistan Watch From: CENTURY FOUNDATION New from Afghanistan Watch: Ambassador Khalilzad's role in the elections, p= lus, current facts and figures on the elections, the security situation and= reconstruction efforts. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5863=20 ************ COMMENTARY=20 ************ -------------------------------------------------------------- Delaying the Inevitaible From: THE AMERICAN PROSPECT Mary Lynn F. Jones Even Tom Delay may not be slick enough to evade the gathering charges. http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=3Droot&name=3DViewWeb&articleId= =3D8700=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Don't Blame the NRA, Blame Swing Voters From: THE CENTER FOR VOTING AND DEMOCRACY Steven Hill and Rob Richie The authors comments on the recent failure of Congress to renew the semiaut= omatic weapons ban. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5836=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Expect No Change in Second Term Foreign Policy From: FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS Ronald Bruce St John If President Bush wins a second term, can the world expect a radically diff= erent foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere? Realists suggest rec= ent events leave little hope for change. What would a second term foreign p= olicy look like? http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5844=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Election Year Brings Competing Debt Relief Proposals From: FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS Todd Tucker The author states that people looking to get excited about American democra= cy in an election year needn't look further than the current proposals on p= oor country debt relief from multilateral institutions being put forward by= the presidential campaigns. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5849=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Phony 'Flextime' From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE=20 Lonnie Golden The Bush administration is proposing "flex time" and "comp time" legislatio= n in Congress that would really give workers less flexibility and time off = and, for many employees, could cut their ability to earn overtime pay. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5870=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- George W. Bush & the 'Mandate of Heaven' From: THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE William Marina Relating the U.S. to imperial powers of old -Rome, China, Britain - the aut= hor argues the U.S. has reached new depths of degradation in pursuing an un= provoked war in Iraq and the declaration of perpetual war globally.=20 http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5846=20 --------------------------------------------------------------=20 War Lies are Piling Up From: THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE Ivan Eland Even though a mound of evidence keeps accumulating that the Bush administra= tion exaggerated the threat to fulfill its obsession to invade Iraq, admini= stration officials keep standing by the need for war. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5864=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Is Iran Next? From: INTERHEMISPHERIC RESOURCE CENTER Tom Berry The author argues that the Pentagon neocons who brought you the war in Iraq= have a new target. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5838=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- $100,000 SUV Tax Break Extension Robs the Treasury, Feeds America's Oil Hab= it and Endangers Motorists From: PUBLIC CITIZEN=20 Joan Claybrook Some congressional lawmakers are pushing to extend a tax break that will co= st almost $2 billion and exacerbate our dependence on oil by encouraging bu= siness owners to buy the biggest, thirstiest vehicles available. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5868=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Deployment Denial From: TOMPAINE.COM Ray McGovern The author calls for "patriotic leakers" to speak about the reality in Iraq= that the Bush administration denies - to speak the truth about who we're f= ighting. And the truth about how many troops we need there if the United St= ates is going to remain. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5853=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- High School Politics 101 From: TOMPAINE.COM David Corn It's been said that President George W. Bush treats the public like 10-year= -olds. Yet the Democrats are considered condescending and elitist? Neverthe= less, the author argues that the president's dumb-it-down and ignore-the-fa= cts approach seems to be working. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5854=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Network of the GOP? From: TOMPAINE.COM Richard Blow The case of Dan Rather and the forged National Guard documents got a lot of= attention because it involved a respected journalist making a stupid, amat= eurish mistake. But the hype should have ended there. CBS' decisions to hir= e a Republican politician to investigate the story - and, more recently, de= clining to run an investigative piece about Iraq - imply the network believ= es that politicians can and should police the media. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5855=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Neutralizing the Flip-Flop Charge From: TOMPAINE.COM TomPaine.com asked two journalists and two policy experts to give a rapid r= esponse to Round One in the presidential debates. In terms of rhetorical fo= rce and substance, Kerry won, they conclude. By refusing to concede mistake= s in Iraq, Bush revealed himself steeped in denial. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5856=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Our Petulant President From: WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM Molly Ivins The author says pampering from his "advisors" has led Bush to a bubble-boy = style of management. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5865=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- What they Say/What they Mean From: WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM Will Durst The author reads between the lines from last week's foreign policy debate. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5866=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- This Modern World: In their Own Words From: WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM Tom Tomorrow The comic presents a message most certainly NOT approved by George W. Bush = - the Bush administration's own track record on Iraq. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5867=20 ************ ANNOUNCEMENTS ************ -------------------------------------------------------------- Election Protection From: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION Thousands have signed up to help guarantee a fair election. Help to protect= the polls in 17 states where voters are most at risk. Sign up to volunteer= today! http://www.electionprotectionvolunteer.org/pfaw=20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers for Eighth Annual Women=92s Policy Research Conference From: INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN=92S POLICY RESEARCH The 2005 IWPR Annual Conference, =93When Women Gain, So Does the World,=94 = will be held in Washington, DC on June 19-21, 2005. 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SPECIAL EVENT

Guant=E1namo Detainees: Human Rights are not Negotiable
Fro= m: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA and the MOVING IDEAS NETWORK
Engage in the= conversation about the war on terror and detainees at Guantanamo Bay by pa= rticipating in the Amnesty International/ Moving Ideas online chat. Don=92t= miss this opportunity to ask questions online of Jumana Musa, Amnesty Inte= rnational=92s Advocacy Director for Domestic Human Rights and International= Justice on Tuesday, October 19, 2004.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/regions/americas/d= ocument.do?id=3D80256DD400782B8480256EF50035BB48=20

NEW FROM MOVING IDEAS=20

The Growing Opposition to the Death Penalty
The history and = current status of the the death penalty in America. Includes how to partici= pate in Amnesty International USA=92s Weekend of Faith in Action on the Dea= th Penalty, October 22-24. http://www.mo= vingideas.org/activism/networks/death_penalty.html=20

Voting in America: How Democratic Is It?
A four part series= about voter purges, new technologies, disenfranchisement, and intimidation=
http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/vo= ter_protection_series.html

FEATURED ARTICLES

Comprehensive Ballot Measure Election Preview
From: BALLOT = INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER
With their proven ability to draw voters to = the polls, ballot measures on issues including medical malpractice reform, = gay marriage and the minimum wage have the added effect of highlighting the= distinct domestic policy agendas of both Presidential candidates.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_lett= er.pl?id=3D5845  =20

Going Down with the Dollar: The Cost to Developing Countries of a De= clining Dollar
From: CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLICY RESEARCH
M= ark Weisbrot, David Rosnick, and Dean Baker
The authors warn that devel= oping countries can be expected to incur substantial losses from holding do= llar reserves.
http://www.movingideas= org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5833  =20

Frequent Filers: Corporate Hypocrisy in Accessing the Courts
From: PUBLIC CITIZEN
This examination of public records finds th= at American businesses file four times as many lawsuits as do individuals, = and they are penalized more often for pursuing frivolous litigation.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_l= etter.pl?id=3D5850=20

DOMESTIC SOCIAL=20

Card Check vs. NLRB Elections
From: AMERICAN RIGHT= S AT WORK
This fact sheet compares the process of workers organizing to= form a union and bargain a contract through timely 'card check' elections = with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supervised elections.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_l= etter.pl?id=3D5834  =20

Connecticut's 14-Day Voter Registration Deadline Called Unconsti= tutional
From: BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
A lawsuit filed= claims that Connecticut is violating the Constitution by requiring citizen= s to register at least 14 days in advance of Election Day. The suit is the = first in the United States to seek Election Day Registration or EDR, as a c= ure for the disenfranchisement of eligible voters.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D584= 1  =20

New York Assemblymembers Propose Overhaul of Assembly Rules
From: BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
Assemblymember Scott Stringe= r (D-Manhattan) introduced a binding resolution to change the rules of the = State Assembly that will increase transparency, participation and effective= ness in the operations of the chamber. Assemblymember Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo) = and fifteen other majority members of the Assembly co-sponsor what is the m= ost significant legislative reform measure to enjoy serious support in Alba= ny.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bi= n/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5842  =20

Gang Bill is Dangerous to Children
From: CHILDREN'= S DEFENSE FUND
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve S. 1735,= the Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act. This bill has a detrimen= tal approach to combating gang violence that could inappropriately trap mor= e young people in the adult system. This action alert urges House Represent= ative s not to sponsor companion legislation to S. 1735!
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id= =3D5839  =20

Estimating the Probabilities and Patterns of Food Stamp Use Acro= ss the Life Course
From: INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HOMELESSN= ESS AND POVERTY
Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl This report examines the u= se of food stamps over the course of a lifetime, focusing on children to ag= e 20 and adults to age 65. The authors explore the likelihood of food stamp= receipt, the number of years received, and the impact of education, gender= , race and marital status.
http://www= movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5852  =20

NCLR Highlights Pivotal Latino Vote, Road Map for Presidential C= andidates
From: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
In a forum on= the Latino vote at the University of Miami, in advance of the first presid= ential debate, NCLR President Raul Yzaguirre gave a powerful presentation o= n what it will take for each presidential candidate to win the Latino vote,= and provided a road map for each candidate to achieve his goal.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_let= ter.pl?id=3D5869  =20

Memo to Members: Low Income Housing News
From: NATI= ONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION
In this issue: Temporary Aid to Needy= Families Reauthorization Passes; Two Bills Address Native American Housing= ; Hearing Set on Mortgage Fraud; and much more.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5847  =20

Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Results: Housing and Commun= ity Development
From: NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION <= BR>On August 2, 2004, the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Fu= nding (CHCDF) sent eight questions to both the Bush-Cheney and Kerry-Edward= s campaigns. Read the questions and some answers here.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D= 5848  =20

4 More Years... or 40 More?
From: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN W= AY
Sign up to become a justice action advocate and help ensure fair-min= ded U.S. Supreme Court justices who respect the basic constitutional princi= ples of equality and justice under the law.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5843 &n= bsp;=20

Helping Poor Dads Help Their Kids
From: CENTURY FO= UNDATION
While so-called deadbeat dads are often portrayed as villains = in the lives of poor mothers and their children, the Federal Office of Chil= d Support Enforcement (OCSE), the nation's watchdog over non-custodial pare= nts, recently recognized that non-paying fathers are not always the bad guy= s.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin= /rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5861  =20

Public Opinion Watch
From: CENTURY FOUNDATION
= Ruy Teixeira
In this issue: The Myth of the Security Mom; So, How Well = Does that Gallup Likely Voter Model Really Work?; New Surveys Show Democrat= s Need Clear Agenda, High Hispanic Turnout; Was the Republican Convention B= igger than September 11?; and much more. =
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5835  = ;=20

Electronic Voting: The 2004 Election and Beyond
Fr= om: CENTURY FOUNDATION
Tova Andrea Wang
On September 23, Democracy = Fellow Tova Andrea Wang spoke at a conference at Ohio State University enti= tled "Electronic Voting: The 2004 Election and Beyond." This conference exa= mined the legal and policy issues surrounding the ongoing transformation in= voting technology. Download her remarks from the conference.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.p= l?id=3D5862  =20

Actual Constituents: Students and Political Clout in New York
From: PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE
Peter Wagner
The report = looks at how students are counted in the Census, why that makes sense (as o= pposed to how prisoners are counted) and why it makes no sense at all for s= ome counties to discourage students from voting locally.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id= =3D5871

DOMESTIC ECONOMIC=20

Assessing the Administration's Claims that Extending $1.1 Billio= n in Expiring SCHIP Funds is not Necessary to Sustain Existing Children's E= nrollment
From: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
Ed= win Park and Matt Broaddus
This analysis examines the basis for adminis= tration opposition to bipartisan legislation to maintain the availability o= f $1.1 billion for children's health insurance coverage, as well as the adm= inistration's alternative proposal.
h= ttp://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5840  =20

Decline in Corporate Borrowing Helps Keep Interest Rates Low
From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
Lee Price
The author sta= tes that the dramatic withdrawal of corporations from the capital markets o= ver the last four years helps to explain why interest rates have remained l= ow.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bi= n/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5837  =20

Economists, Including 4 Nobelists, Call for Minimum Wage Raise
From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
The Economic Policy Instit= ute and 562 economists, including four Nobel Prize winners in economics, ca= ll for a modest increase in the minimum wage, saying it can significantly i= mprove the lives of low-income workers and their families.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?i= d=3D5872  =20

OMB Watcher
From: OMB WATCH
In this issue: Cou= rt Strikes Down Part of the Patriot Act; Large Corporations May Receive Mor= e Tax Breaks; Bill to Regulate Independent Political Committees Introduced = in Congress; and much more.
http://ww= w.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5851  =20

Immigration, Jobs, and the American Economy
From: = CENTURY FOUNDATION
Greg Anrig and Tova Andrea Wang
A new issue brie= f sheds light on the complicated debate surrounding immigrants' impact on t= he economy.
http://www.movingideas.or= g/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5860=20

FOREIGN POLICY=20

Libya: Security is not Enough
From: CARNEGIE ENDOW= MENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
Michele Dunne
President Bush has sugges= ted that other nations - Iran, North Korea, Syria - follow the example of L= ibya, which increased its own security by ending links with terrorist group= s and surrendering weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems. Some c= ommentators are taking a second lesson from the Libya case: The United Stat= es will forgo its declared interest in democratization and reform if a coun= try takes positive security-related steps and has enough petroleum to offer= The author suggests that the United States needs to correct this impressi= on.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin= /rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5857  =20

Iraq and Averages
From: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INT= ERNATIONAL PEACE
Robert Kagan
The author argues that for the past f= ew months it has become common wisdom that the war in Iraq is lost, based o= n what any historian will tell you is far too little evidence to make such = a final judgment. This op-ed originally appeared in the Washington Post.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/e= pn_letter.pl?id=3D5858  =20

Cambodia Blazes a New Path to Economic Growth and Job Creation <= /EM>
From: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
Sandra Po= laski
A unique and successful international policy experiment has been = under way in Cambodia for the last six years that demonstrates how trade ag= reements can create jobs and improve working conditions, pay, and labor rig= hts.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-b= in/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5859  

Afghanistan Watch
From: CENTURY FOUNDATION
New= from Afghanistan Watch: Ambassador Khalilzad's role in the elections, plus= , current facts and figures on the elections, the security situation and re= construction efforts.
http://www.movi= ngideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5863=20

COMMENTARY=20

Delaying the Inevitaible
From: THE AMERICAN PROSPECT
Ma= ry Lynn F. Jones
Even Tom Delay may not be slick enough to evade the ga= thering charges.
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=3Droot&name=3DView= Web&articleId=3D8700  =20

Don't Blame the NRA, Blame Swing Voters
From: THE CENTER FO= R VOTING AND DEMOCRACY
Steven Hill and Rob Richie
The authors comme= nts on the recent failure of Congress to renew the semiautomatic weapons ba= n.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/= rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5836  =20

Expect No Change in Second Term Foreign Policy
From: FOREIG= N POLICY IN FOCUS
Ronald Bruce St John
If President Bush wins a sec= ond term, can the world expect a radically different foreign policy in the = Middle East and elsewhere? Realists suggest recent events leave little hope= for change. What would a second term foreign policy look like?
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter= pl?id=3D5844  =20

Election Year Brings Competing Debt Relief Proposals
From: = FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS
Todd Tucker
The author states that people l= ooking to get excited about American democracy in an election year needn't = look further than the current proposals on poor country debt relief from mu= ltilateral institutions being put forward by the presidential campaigns.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/e= pn_letter.pl?id=3D5849  =20

Phony 'Flextime'
From: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
Lonnie= Golden
The Bush administration is proposing "flex time" and "comp time= " legislation in Congress that would really give workers less flexibility a= nd time off and, for many employees, could cut their ability to earn overti= me pay.
http://www.movingideas.org/cg= i-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5870  =20

George W. Bush & the 'Mandate of Heaven'
From: THE INDE= PENDENT INSTITUTE
William Marina
Relating the U.S. to imperial power= s of old - Rome, China, Britain - the author argues the U.S. has reached ne= w depths of degradation in pursuing an unprovoked war in Iraq and the decla= ration of perpetual war globally.
htt= p://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5846=20

War Lies are Piling Up
From: THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE
= Ivan Eland Even though a mound of evidence keeps accumulating that the Bush= administration exaggerated the threat to fulfill its obsession to invade I= raq, administration officials keep standing by the need for war.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_let= ter.pl?id=3D5864  =20

Is Iran Next?
From: INTERHEMISPHERIC RESOURCE CENTER
To= m Berry
The author argues that the Pentagon neocons who brought you the= war in Iraq have a new target.
http:= //www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5838  = =20

$100,000 SUV Tax Break Extension Robs the Treasury, Feeds America's = Oil Habit and Endangers Motorists
From: PUBLIC CITIZEN
Joan Cl= aybrook
Some congressional lawmakers are pushing to extend a tax break = that will cost almost $2 billion and exacerbate our dependence on oil by en= couraging business owners to buy the biggest, thirstiest vehicles available=
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/= rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5868  =20

Deployment Denial
From: TOMPAINE.COM
Ray McGovern
T= he author calls for "patriotic leakers" to speak about the reality in Iraq = that the Bush administration denies - to speak the truth about who we're fi= ghting. And the truth about how many troops we need there if the United Sta= tes is going to remain.
http://www.mo= vingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5853  =20

High School Politics 101
From: TOMPAINE.COM
David Corn =
It's been said that President George W. Bush treats the public like 10-= year-olds. Yet the Democrats are considered condescending and elitist? Neve= rtheless, the author argues that the president's dumb-it-down and ignore-th= e-facts approach seems to be working. http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5854  = =20

Network of the GOP?
From: TOMPAINE.COM
Richard Blow The case of Dan Rather and the forged National Guard documents got a lot o= f attention because it involved a respected journalist making a stupid, ama= teurish mistake. But the hype should have ended there. CBS' decisions to hi= re a Republican politician to investigate the story - and, more recently, d= eclining to run an investigative piece about Iraq - imply the network belie= ves that politicians can and should police the media.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D= 5855  =20

Neutralizing the Flip-Flop Charge
From: TOMPAINE.COM
To= mPaine.com asked two journalists and two policy experts to give a rapid res= ponse to Round One in the presidential debates. In terms of rhetorical forc= e and substance, Kerry won, they conclude. By refusing to concede mistakes = in Iraq, Bush revealed himself steeped in denial.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D585= 6  =20

Our Petulant President
From: WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM
Molly= Ivins
The author says pampering from his "advisors" has led Bush to a = bubble-boy style of management.
http:/= /www.movingideas.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5865  = =20

What they Say/What they Mean
From: WORKINGFORCHANGE.COM Will Durst
The author reads between the lines from last week's foreign= policy debate.
http://www.movingidea= s.org/cgi-bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5866  =20

This Modern World: In their Own Words
From: WORKINGFORCHANG= E.COM
Tom Tomorrow
The comic presents a message most certainly NOT = approved by George W. Bush - the Bush administration's own track record on = Iraq.
http://www.movingideas.org/cgi-= bin/rd/epn_letter.pl?id=3D5867=20

ANNOUNCEMENTS=20

Election Protection
From: PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUND= ATION
Thousands have signed up to help guarantee a fair election. Help = to protect the polls in 17 states where voters are most at risk. Sign up to= volunteer today!
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Call for Papers for Eighth Annual Women=92s Policy Research Conferen= ce
From: INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN=92S POLICY RESEARCH 
The 200= 5 IWPR Annual Conference, =93When Women Gain, So Does the World,=94 will be= held in Washington, DC on June 19-21, 2005. Paper and poster proposals are= being accepted until October 31, 2004.
http://www.iwp= r.org/Conference2005/index.htm

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** October 19, 2004 Jobs for the Future =93Effective Pathways t= o College Degrees: Key Practices and Strategies,=94 Baltimore, MD

** October 21-23, 2004 Poverty & Race Research Action Council and Fu= nd for an Open Society host =93Building Blocks for Inclusive Communities,= =94 Cherry Hill, New Jersey

** June 20-21, 2005 Institute for Women's Policy Research 8th Annual Con= ference, "When Women Gain, So Does the World," Washington, DC

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