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How Organized Labor Helped Win Marriage Equality in Maryland and Washington--And What We Can Learn

James Cersonsky, AlterNet. April 15, 2012.

The labor and LGBT rights movements are natural allies, and have won some key victories working together.

Politico Trivializes Rape by Gov Contractors, Spins Franken Amendment as Partisan Attack (Obsenity-Laden Rant Alert)

Thers, Whiskey Fire. November 13, 2009.

Are these people insane?

30 GOP Senators Vote to Defend Gang Rape

Charles Lemos, MyDD.com. October 8, 2009.

A new low, by any account.

Obama Names National Security Team: Stresses Ending the War in Iraq

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 1, 2008.

"The Time Has Come for a New Beginning -- a New Dawn of American Leadership."

Will There Ever Be Justice for Halliburton Rape Victim Jamie Leigh Jones?

Attaturk, Firedoglake. March 6, 2008.

I would sure like to know what the three surviving Presidential candidates think of this.

Why Jamie Leigh Jones Can’t Take Halliburton to Court

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. March 4, 2008.

Jones couldn't seek criminal justice against her attackers, and then she couldn't seek civil justice, either.

Sexual Assault Is a Crime, Not a Labor Dispute, Unless of Course You Work for Halliburton/KBR [VIDEO]

Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network. February 7, 2008.

The notion that sexual assault cannot be tried as a criminal matter but is treated as a labor dispute is simply beyond belief.

Rape Victim Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee About Halliburton/KBR [VIDEO]

Cliff Schecter, Cliff Schecter's Blog. December 20, 2007.

This is so disgusting, so vile....Not just the incident, but response to it.

\"This Is not the Beginning of the End for the International Community in Afghanistan -- This is the End\"

Joshua Holland, December 31, 1969.