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Obama Plans Clemency for “Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands” of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations
Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for nonviolent drug crimes.
Incarcerated Workers Launch Nonviolent Work Strike Against “New Jim Crow” Across Alabama Prisons
Peaceful protest demands wages for labor, end to overcrowding and inhumane conditions, transformation of American justice system.
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Open Letter to President Obama
Mr. President: It's time to move from talk to action on nuclear disarmament.
Defending Kickbacks
An upcoming SEC decision has the brokerage industry up in arms.
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The ‘Stable’ West Bank Dilemma
The bewilderment would stem from the fact that the West Bank is an occupied Palestinian territory. Its population is held at gunpoint; they have no freedom, and enjoy no …
Obama Made Me Lose My Facebook Friends
What's a 6-year continuation of war in the Graveyard of Empires sans Ahmad Shah Massoud, when Leave it to Beaver looking dresses are flying off the shelves and J. …
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Conflict Fuels Child Labor in India
According to a 2013 study published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, more than 3,000 children are trafficked from the state each year.
Bolivian Vice President: “Bolivia Marked the Start of a Major Indigenous Awakening“
Alvaro Garcia Linera, 51, is seen as the “right hand man” of Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales.
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The Counter-Attack of Seattle’s Elites
The fight for a living wage intensifies.
New Network for Social Justice Unionism Seeks to Change the Labor Movement
Interview with Michelle Gunderson, co-founder of the Network for Social Justice Unionism.