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Bailout Plan Before The House

Lawmakers spent most of the weekend finalizing the details of the emergency bailout plan. The compromised proposal is now before the House, and looks to face a tough road to approval. Diane Brady, senior editor at Business Week, discusses the current state of the bailout deal with Adam Davidson, NPR correspondent for International Business and Economics, and stocks editor for Barron's Online, Bob O'Brien.

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Group Project: Details of The EESA

The financial services committee has posted the full Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 online here for all to read. Have you had a chance to go through it? What are the devils or angels in the details? What are the most important features of the proposal? If you can't read the whole document, pick any ten pages and tell us what you find! Comment below, and be sure to include specific quotes and citations.

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Darfur/Burma

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Jody Williams, Wangari Maathai and actress Mia Farrow talk about their new report on Darfur and Burma.

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30 Issues: Education Policy

Geoffrey Canada, the man behind the Harlem Children's Zone and Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America and education writer for the New York Times Magazine, discuss the most pressing education needs in the US today.

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Then, Alyson Klein, staff writer for Education Week and contributer to their Campaign '08 coverage, looks at the education proposals from McCain and Obama.

And Ken Kay, President, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, talks about how US education policy can improve to compete with students around the world.

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