Articles to consider reading this week...

Philly School Closings
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130118_SRC_faces_a_loud__angry_crowd_over_school_closings.html

Lance Armstrong's interview and admission of using Performance Enhancing Drugs
http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/8854048/lance-armstrong-interview-oprah-winfrey-doping-typical-spectacle

Aaron Swartz - Freedom of Speech and Suicide
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/tech/aaron-swartz-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Interesting article about Immigration

Canada's Guest Worker Program Could Become a Model for U.S. Immigration Changes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/canadas-guest-worker-program-could-become-model-for-us-immigration-changes/2013/01/05/2b82a468-551b-11e2-89de-76c1c54b1418_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

Articles to consider reading....

Politics:  The 113th Congress is the most diverse in history

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/113th-congress-has-more-women-minorities-than-ever/2013/01/03/7d1aaf30-55e5-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

Health Care:  Plans for health insurance exchanges approved by White House for seven more states

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/plans-for-health-insurance-exchanges-approved-by-white-house-for-seven-more-states/2013/01/03/2eb43128-55e9-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

International Health:  The War Over Polio

http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/03/the-final-battle-against-polio/ 

Gun Control:  FBI gun backgrounds checks hit records high

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/us/background-checks-guns/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1  

Education:  Hite will his blueprint for schools on Monday

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130104_Hite_will_present_his_blueprint_for_schools_Monday.html