DN!: Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injections//Corporate Media's Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:11:44 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 18, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! 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See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Executions to Resume Following Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Lethal Injections * Several states have announced plans to resume carrying out executions by lethal injection after a major Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday. In a seven-to-two decision, the Court upheld Kentuckyıs method of execution by lethal injection. We speak with the founder of the Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, David Atwood. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/18/executions_to_resume_following * Great American Hypocrites: Glenn Greenwald on the Corporate Media's Failures in the 2008 Race * ABC News is coming under intense criticism for its handling of Wednesday nightıs Democratic debate in Pennsylvania. During the first forty-five minutes of the debate, the moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos focused on Obamaıs comments that some voters in Pennsylvania were bitter, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, Clintonıs Bosnia ³sniper fire² story, flag pins and the Weather Underground. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, author of Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/18/great_american_hypocrites_glenn * No Bases for Empire: International Activists Organize Against US Foreign Bases in Their Backyards * The United States maintains over 700 military bases in dozens of countries across the globe. We speak with two international activists who are in the US for a speaking tour as part of a campaign called ³No Bases for Empire.² Jan Tamas, from the Czech Republic, is the founder of the No Bases Initiative, a coalition against the proposed US missile system in Eastern Europe. Olivier Bancoult is with the Chagos Refugee Group. He was expelled from his native Diego Garcia when he was four years old. The US has operated a military base there since British forces expelled native islanders in the early 1970s. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/18/no_bases_for_empire_international * Headlines for April 18, 2008 * Report: 300,000 Iraq & Afghan Vets Suffer PTSD & Depression Suicide Bomber Kills 50 Iraqis at Funeral US Builds Wall Around Sadr City Pentagon Report: Iraq War Is a ³Major Debacle² US to Release Iraqi Prisoners, Teach Them About Islam Kenya Swears in Power-Sharing Government Pope Meets with Sex Abuse Victims Amnesty Calls for Probe into Civilian Deaths in Gaza Carter Heads to Syria to Meet with Hamas Leader Merrill Lynch to Eliminate 4,000 Jobs Bank of America Ends Private Student Loan Business Barrick Gold Threatens Canadian Book Publisher Rep. 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