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Today in labor history: Wright brothers make first flight
December 17, 2013At 10:35 a.m. on this day in 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer over 120 feet of ground for 12 seconds.
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Black superheroes forever changed comic books
December 17, 2013Adilifu Nama's Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes does a great job of introducing many of today's comic book fans with the history of African Americans in comic books and pop culture generally.
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Central African Republic: More bloody fruits of colonialism
December 17, 2013It's the same old story, the Central African Republic is one of the richest countries in Africa and one of the poorest in the world. Vast wealth is extracted but not enough comes in to maintain...
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Amazon workers battle their bosses in Seattle and Germany
December 16, 2013Thus far, Amazon's anti-union bias has thwarted any attempts by its U.S. warehouse workers to have a union.
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“1913 Massacre”: Great movie about Michigan tragedy
December 16, 20131913 Massacre is a touching documentary that revisits the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet in the northern tip of Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913.
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