Joseph Sledge was released from prison on Friday after the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission proved he was innocent.
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS, INNOCENT ILLINOIS MAN'S SENTENCE IS COMMUTED
On his last day in office today, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn commuted the 50-year sentence imposed on Tyrone Hood for a 1993 murder that evidence shows he did not commit.
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FLORIDA POLICE USE PHOTOS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR TARGET PRACTICE
The North Miami Beach police department was caught last month using pictures of African Americans for sniper practice at a firing range.
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Gender Wage Gap For Union Members Is 40 Percent Smaller Than For Non-Union Workers, NWLC Analysis Shows
January 23, 2015
(Washington, D.C.) The gender wage gap among union members is 40 percent smaller than for non-union workers, according to new analysis by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) of data released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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House Fails to Garner Support for Harmful Abortion Ban, Instead Passes Dangerous and Misleading Abortion Restriction that Threatens Women's Health
January 22, 2015
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7 (H.R. 7), which seeks to take insurance coverage of abortion away from women. The bill replaced H.R 36, which would have banned abortion nationwide at 20 weeks without a health exception, only a narrow life exception and a cruel sexual assault exception. House Leadership dropped H.R. 36 after members objected to the sexual assault exception, which would have required rape survivors to file a report.
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