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The biker and the reverend: How I learned history at work
May 16, 2014Rev. Hill was a man of enormous conviction. His leadership was a blending of political, personal, and pastoral. He was enormously pro-labor and he made his opinions heard loud and clear.
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California wildfires blaze on, striking hard and early
May 16, 2014A heat wave and tinder-dry brush have created a dynamic, dangerous situation with the most menacing brushfires in nearly two decades.
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Today in labor history: Warsaw Ghetto uprising ends
May 16, 2014Today in labor history, on May 16, 1943, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising comes to an end as Nazi soldiers gain control of Warsaw, Poland's Jewish ghetto, blowing up the last remaining synagogue and beginning the mass...
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Letters from Zora: In her own words
May 16, 2014"I was able to conjure my own self," says Black American writer Zora Neale Hurston in the non-stop phenomenon that is Letters from Zora.
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Connecticut Communist Party adopts Economic Bill of Rights
May 16, 2014Messages from labor and community leaders, participation by youth, and adoption of an Economic Bill of Rights highlighted the lively and powerful convention.
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