2.1.08: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER Addressing Foreclosures A Neighborhood Stabilization Plan A plan to address the glut of foreclosed properties across the U.S. Bush Misleads on Withdrawal There's No Virtue in Necessity Troop withdrawl exposes how the surge has left us less safe. Developing State Solar Markets A Path to Energy Independence Four strategies for ensuring wide-scale deployment of solar technologies. We've Got 99 Problems... From MicCheck, a CAPAF Project A look at the biggest winners and losers under the Bush administration.

THE WEEK AHEAD

IRAQ: A look at what experts have to say about the surge, plus a report on how by arming community protection groups, the U.S. is really arming two sides in an escalating civil war.

ECONOMY: An economic snapshot for February, Christian E. Weller talks about economic stimulus.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: An interview with chemist David Deamer on the implications of the latest breakthrough in synthetic biology.

CAMPUS PROGRESS: How this uber-confusing primary process works, why voter ID laws shouldn't be upheld by the Supreme Court, and a review of a book on the failure of neoconservatism.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

Strengthening Our Economy: Testimony from Michael Barr

Throwing Homeowners a Lifeline

A Practical and Progressive Economic Stimulus and Recovery Plan
From the Action Fund

CAP IN THE NEWS

Boyer on Why Guantanamo Is Ruining U.S. Credibility
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Jacoby on a Trade Policy for the Next President
Council on Foreign Relations

Korb and Wadhams on U.S. Tinkering in Afghanistan
The Boston Globe

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