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One federal appeals court panel held that the FSA’s reduction of mandatory minimum sentences should apply retroactively, not just because that was the intent of the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act, but because failure to do so would amount to unconstitutional, “intentional racial subjugation.” Should this ruling does not survive a full panel review and/or appeal, a bipartisan bill introduced this week by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) would make the ruling law.

A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups is making it clear that ALEC isn’t welcome in the union town.

The Workers Defense Project, founded in 2002, has emerged as one of the nation's most creative organizations for immigrant workers.

Unemployment, Amazon, Detroit, Bank of America, the elite, Chicago Teachers, March on Washington

In May, Ines Abdel-Dayem was fired from the Cairo Opera's chair; in July she was offered ministerial post which she turned down. Today, reinstated to the opera, she shares her thoughts about past months and reveals dynamic plans

The Dream Defenders have scored a number of victories since initiating their #TakeoverFL sit-in.

The hot, seemingly untroubled vacation days were disturbed only mildly by two abbreviations, NSU and NSA – not to be confused!