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Bangladesh: Hundreds Held One Year After Massacre

(New York) – The Bangladeshi government should charge or release members of Bangladesh’s border guards who have been held since the massacre of senior army officers and others a year ago, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Mississippi Stops Segregating Prisoners With HIV

(Jackson) – The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to end the segregation of prisoners with HIV, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said today.
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Burma: UN Should Move on International Inquiry

(New York) – The United Nations should not delay the setting up of an international inquiry to address possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Q-Poll: McMahon Takes Primary Lead; Blumenthal Takes General

Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon has taken a 10 point lead over former U.S. Rep.

Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate

Frumin’s ability to review long-standing rules and centuries of precedent to resolve Senate questions makes the mustachioed parliamentarian something of a Washington rock star these days.

Health Care March Madness

With time and tempers short, everyone’s playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama’s massive health care legislation by the weekend.

Senate Passes Jobs Bill

Earlier today, the Senate passed a bill to help small businesses hire workers and provide highway funding to encourage job growth. The bill, one of many proposals to spur job creation, now goes to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
The Associated Press reported:
Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax [...]

Chairman Tim Kaine: "The Republicans have failed the American people"

Today, the New York Times ran a story highlighting Senator Mitch McConnell and the GOP’s strategy to delay and use obstructionist tactics to defeat every piece of significant legislation supported by President Obama and Congressional Democrats.
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine released the following statement:
“Today’s news report on Republican obstructionist tactics offers further proof [...]

Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

President Barack Obama has lunch with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, March 16, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza.

Larry Purdy on ‘Affirmative Action for the Future’

The following is a re-post from the Pope Center, written by Larry Purdy:
For many years I have been immersed in the debate over “affirmative action” or, to be more precise, race preference admission policies employed by many elite colleges and universities. Thus, I was curious whether a new book favoring such preferences would advance new [...]

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