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VIDEO Artists for Workers Choice
May 15, 2009Some of your favorite film and TV actors and actresses explain why the Employee Free Choice Act is important for workers and America.
Read moreCongress gears up for reform of crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity
May 15, 2009Original source: Congress is closer than ever to eliminating a 100-to-1 disparity in federal cocaine sentencing that affects African Americans at much higher rates than whites. In current federal drug sentencing law, someone who sells crack...
Read moreInternet victory over Time Warner
May 15, 2009Media giant Time Warner Cable was forced to back down from its recent price-gouging scheme they called 'consumption based billing' under which internet users would be billed upon the amount of bandwidth they used. Because of...
Read moreGateway Studios tenants struggle
May 14, 2009Champaign, Ill. — Just South of the I-74 interchange onto Neil Street in Champaign, Illinois stands the Gateway Studios apartments. Gateway Studios, once a home to over 100 working class residents, was condemned by the City...
Read moreProtests force end to border checkpoints
May 14, 2009FORKS, WA—In the face of rising public anger, the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have ended their practice of stopping traffic at checkpoints on U.S. Highway 101 arresting undocumented immigrants, many deported...
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