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September 13, 2023
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin hopes to alleviate inequality in penalties for crack and powder cocaine
September 7, 2023
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin hopes to alleviate inequality in penalties for crack and powder cocaine
September 5, 2023
Colorado didn't see big changes this year in its labor laws, at least compared to 2020, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act and FAMLI Act passed.
September 5, 2023
Colorado didn't see big, sweeping changes this year in its labor laws, at least compared to recent years, like in 2020, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act and FAMLI Act, which provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave, both passed.
September 4, 2023
Colorado didn't see big changes this year in its labor laws, at least compared to 2020, when the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplace Act and FAMLI Act passed.
January 11, 2023
A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.
January 10, 2023
The Senate failed to advance a bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: punishment for crack cocaine.(Story aired on ATC on Jan. 9, 2023.)
December 25, 2022
Legal scholars and researchers—David Mares of UC San Diego, Mark Osler of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, and Doris Marie Provine of Arizona State University—discuss U.S. Attorney Gen. Merrick Garland's recent guidance on ending federal sentencing disparities for crack cocaine
December 16, 2022
The Equal Act is stalled in the Senate amid GOP objections after passing the House last year.
December 6, 2022
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is taking a lead role in pushing for federal drug sentencing reform to even out penalties for cocaine-related offenses regardless of form.