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Johns Hopkins Medicine offers a free, five to seven-minute, health and medicine podcast, a lively discussion of the week’s medical news and how it may affect you, hosted by Rick Lange, M.D., chief of clinical cardiology, and Elizabeth Tracey, director of the Hopkins Health NewsFeed, a radio news service program. Web site
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Judge Finds University Didn't Discriminate Online
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(January 2008) by Hurley Goodall for the Chronicle of Higher Education. “A federal judge dismissed a long-standing lawsuit against Capella University that had claimed the online university’s course-management software discriminated against people with disabilities. The judge decided that a former student was not disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Even if he was, the judge said, the institution had provided reasonable accommodations.” Web site
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Justice for All Education Project
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(April 2008) The Human Rights Campaign created Justice for All program to examine the relationship between the courts and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) rights. The program includes a free curriculum/facilitator’s guide and DVD designed for students in middle school through college. “These materials are designed to ensure lively debate and collaborative learning.” Activities are tailored to specific age groups. The accompanying DVD provides additional information about the relationship between the courts and GLBT rights. Funded by the Open Society Institute. Web site
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Justice Talking
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This weekly hour-long program produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, invites the nation’s top advocates to discuss “the tough, provocative legal issues that capture the headlines, from stem cell research to prayer in school, gay marriage to Guantanamo Bay.” Hosted by veteran National Public Radio correspondent Margot Adler. Includes commentaries, book reviews and roundtable discussions on current legal issues. Web site
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