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The Florida Supreme Court, in a precedent-setting ruling, last week instructed the GOP-controlled state legislature to trash its unconstitutional Congressional Districts map and ordered it to draw a new one that adheres to the state Constitution.

CWAers join thousands of protestors from across North Carolina who swarmed the Federal Courthouse.

This week progressive activists are gathering in Phoenix, Ariz., for Netroots Nation, the annual conference that serves as an incubator for ideas that challenge the status quo and inspire action.

As expected, on Wednesday, the Senate approved Fast Track trade authority by a 60-38 vote. Separately, the House passed a bill extending Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers who lose their jobs because of trade; those bills were expected to get to the President's desk before Congress left town for its July 4 recess.

In the run-up to the U.S. Senate's vote this week on cloture for Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, CWA activists and grassroots partners across the country rallied in the districts and outside the offices of Democratic Senators, some of whom turned their back on working families.