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This week in history: Pearl Harbor antecedents, the attack, consequences
December 5, 2016“I grew up behind U.S. barbed wire fences,” recalls one survivor, the well known actor George Takei.
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Readers remember Fidel
December 2, 2016People’s World has received a number of submissions from readers on the life and contributions of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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Fair housing advocates condemn welfare for developers
December 2, 2016Fair housing advocates say Trump has already demonstrated to the world that developers can be counted on to rip people off.
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For Southern slave masters, preserving bondage was a global cause
December 2, 2016Matthew Karp’s book, This Vast Southern Empire, shows that the effort to preserve slavery was not just a national, but rather an international affair.
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Today in history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged
December 2, 2016Brown led the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to spark a slave uprising.
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