Summary: Headlines for October 03, 2013; "Dramatic, Painful" Government Shutdown Disproportionately Impacts Working Poor, People of Color; Has GOP Already Defeated Obamacare? State Opt-Outs Leave Millions of Poor Without Health Insurance; "Imperialism & Fundamentalism Have Joined Hands": Malalai Joya on 12 Years of U.S.-Led Afghan War
