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California Judge William H. Follett has come under fire for sentencing a man who raped his own 16-year-old sister to just four months in jail.
California Judge William H. Follett has come under fire for sentencing a man who raped his own 16-year-old sister to just four months in jail.
California Judge William H. Follett has come under fire for sentencing a man who raped his own 16-year-old sister to just four months in jail.
"It's agonizing," Arthur told NBC News in an interview from death row.
Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and one of his senior advisers, has come under FBI scrutiny in the Russia investigation, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News.
Investigators believe Kushner has significant information relevant to their inquiry, officials said. That does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him.
The FBI's scrutiny of Kushner places the bureau's sprawling counterintelligence and criminal investigation not only on the doorstep of the White House, but inside the Trump family circle.
Kushner, the president's son-in-law and adviser, is under FBI scrutiny in the Russia probe, but is not known to be a subject of the investigation.
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday called on Republican Greg Gianforte to apologize after he was charged with assaulting a reporter, but said he will leave it up to Montana voters to decide whether they want him to serve in Congress.
A federal appeals court upheld the nationwide stay on President Donald Trump's controversial executive order restricting travel on Thursday.
Civil Rights and Labor: Two Movements, One Goal
AFL-CIO
A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
A. Philip Randolph
One of our most celebrated labor leaders, A. Philip Randolph, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, knew the connection between the labor movement and the civil rights movement was key to a truly inclusive democracy. He stood for access at the ballot box as well as to economic security—ideally through a good job with decent benefits and a union. Today, we find ourselves back in a place where our civil, economic, political and social rights are under constant attack. The violence we see against black youth—the heart-wrenching killing of Trayvon Martin, the homicide of Jordan Davis--the passage of “right to work” laws in states like Michigan, Missouri and Iowa that have deeply racist and divisive roots, and the constant attack on immigrant communities by the current administration affirm we still have work to do.
As trade unionists, labor leaders, parents and civil rights...
Melissa Smith thwarted thieves by leaping onto its hood and "hanging on for dear life," in a video that has now gone viral.
