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• Best of Spring '08
  	Posted: 05-16-2008, 12:13 PM by warnewsradio to War News Radio
  Iraqi police officers on the job in Basra. This week on War News Radio , we proudly present some of our favorite pieces from the spring. First, we find out about the slow progress that has been made towards assembling Iraq’s security forces. Listen now to Wren Elhai's report. Next, joblessness is taking a unique toll on women in Iraq. We hear about how the unemployment situation is changing the work... [Read More]

• Pledging Toward Equality
  	Posted: 05-14-2008, 11:59 PM by Kevin Cathcart to Kevin Cathcart - Lambda Legal
  Today thousands of people across the country are taking a stand against discrimination in the workplace. Some are signing the pledge for workplace equality. Some are encouraging others to sign in pledge-a-thons throughout the day. Some will wear buttons and stickers to work, put up posters in their communities or find a few minutes during the day to educate others about the discrimination lesbians,... [Read More]

• An Ill-Conceived Harvest
  	Posted: 05-14-2008, 10:31 AM by Leslie Harris to Leslie Harris - Center for Democracy and Technology
  Your Internet Service Provider may be offering up every click you make online and selling it to a company determined to know any thing and every thing about you, down to the fake name you use when logging on to the “Always ABBA” fan site. That’s a wiretap by any other name; I apologize for the subtly. The technique used in this ill-conceived information harvest is called “deep packet inspection” (DPI).... [Read More]

• Wright and Wrong Distractions
  	Posted: 05-12-2008, 10:41 AM by Bryan Fair to Bryan Fair - University of Alabama School of Law
  Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Senator Barack Obama’s former pastor and former friend, has been much in the news recently. Indeed, throughout the United States, it is fair to say Wright is now a household name, thanks to extensive media and internet coverage of his old and new sermons and speeches. Many believe Wright has irreparably damaged Senator Obama’s chances of becoming president of the United States.... [Read More]

• DRAWING A LINE
  	Posted: 05-11-2008, 3:19 PM by Virginia Sloan to The Constitution Project
  On April 16, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Kennedy v. Louisiana , a case challenging a Louisiana law making child rapists eligible for the death penalty, even when the crime did not also involve a homicide. Only five other states have similar laws. Patrick Kennedy, the defendant in Kennedy v. Louisiana , was sentenced to death for raping his eight-year old step daughter. Child rapists deserve... [Read More]

• A Loving Marriage
  	Posted: 05-10-2008, 12:00 AM by Julie Kay to Julie F. Kay - Legal Momentum
  Over forty years ago the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia struck down a law that banned marriage if the bride and groom were not of the same race. The death last week of Mildred Loving, the aptly named bride in that case, reminds us of how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go. Prejudice remains embedded in marriage laws that ban same sex marriage in every state except Massachusetts. It’s easy... [Read More]