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Inside the Inspiring New York City Bodega Strike
Yemeni grocery owners shutter 1,000 of their stores and gather in Brooklyn to protest Trump's executive order
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In Obama's Final Hours, Many Prisoners Left in Commutation Limbo
Outgoing president granted 330 commutations Thursday, including to two men profiled by 'Rolling Stone' in December
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Meet Douglas Carroll Tignor, Whose Opioid Addiction Led to Serious Prison Time
Tignor faced a minimum 15-year sentence as an "armed career criminal"; he now seeks a commutation from Obama
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Meet Trenton Copeland, Who Sees Obama as His Last Shot to Leave Prison
"No person should serve a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense," Copeland says
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Meet Bernard Smith, Nonviolent Drug Offender Petitioning Obama for Clemency
Lawyer says that under today's laws his sentence likely would have been 11 years shorter
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Meet Teresa Hernandez, Seeking a Commutation Before Trump Takes Office
"I try to stay positive and have faith that I will be chosen, but I know my chances are slim," she says
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Meet Dondrell Haynes, Behind Bars for a Nonviolent Drug Offense
Inmate received 170 months in prison after two previous minor offenses classified him as a "career offender"
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