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 * FISHING FOR RED HERRINGS**

For your group's assigned topic below, read one or more of the articles provided, then use the Times Topics pages to find more articles that address this issue and how it has played out in recent news. Work to both understand the larger issues as well as to identify a "microcosm" of the issue—such as a person involved who people can relate to or focus on, like Bernie Madoff, or a small part of a larger problem, like the A.I.G. bonuses—that you can use to "sell" the issue to the public.


 * Issue: HOUSING AND CREDIT **

[|Times Topics: Housing]

[|Times Topics: Credit Crisis Essentials]

**Selected Related Articles:**  **[|Where are the Pitchforks and Torches When You Need Them?]**  **[|Obama’s Ball and Chain]**  **[|Toxic R Us]** 


 * ISSUE BACKGROUND**


 * POTENTIAL MICROCOSMS**