Liberty and Justice

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com • Fri 2009 May 1, 1:04pm

Many are understandably aghast that some opportunistic and homophobic characters are disputing the idea that the brutal Matthew Shepard killing was purely a hate crime: a young man singled out and beaten to a bloody pulp by strangers solely because he was gay. A pure hate crime was certainly how I first thought of the case, but the notion that the story is a lot murkier is not crazy or bigoted.

Now playing: The Employee Free Choice Act

reuters.com • Wed 2009 Apr 29, 3:44pm

It sounds like something out of a movie: Labor unions looking for payback from a president they helped elect squaring off against big business interests with deep pockets hoping to thwart a possible law they say would hamper their businesses. ... Here's what all the fuss is about: On March 10, a bill called The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA ) was introduced to both the House and Senate. The bill eliminates the veto power employers hold over the card-signing method of obtaining majority votes needed to unionize a work place. Since the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, employers have had the right to call for a private ballot vote. "They look at this bill and it makes their blood boil," says Brad Close, vice-president of public policy for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Washington....

Murderer's abused wife to be freed from prison

sfgate.com • Fri 2009 Mar 27, 11:17pm

A woman who has spent 29 years in prison for taking part in the murder of a Campbell liquor store owner, gunned down by her abusive husband while she sat outside in a car, will be freed on parole next week.

Border agents celebrate homecoming

worldnetdaily.com • Tue 2009 Feb 17, 10:03pm

Former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean left their cells in solitary confinement to reunite with their families in El Paso, Texas, today. ... After serving two years in federal prison in solitary confinement for shooting a fleeing Mexican drug smuggler who had brought 750 pounds of marijuana into the U.S., Ramos and Compean are being released into home confinement until March 20. The news came only two weeks after the Federal Bureau of Prisons told WND they could be eligible to finish sentences at home.