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Oil giant in Torrance uses jobs to divide workers and environmentalists
April 3, 2018One protestor’s timely placard argued that “An MHF accident will kill even more neighbors than an AR-15!”
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Taming MLK’s radical legacy in the fight against white supremacy
April 3, 2018To win the iconic status that King deserved, he had to be domesticated. The memory of King railing against economic injustice and denouncing the Vietnam War faded into an unthreatening idealism.
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This week in history: Saugus Iron Works, 50 years a National Historic Site
April 3, 2018On April 5, 1968, the Saugus Iron Works was added to the National Park Service system and renamed the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site.
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Refugee caravan approaches U.S., Trump blasts Mexico, declares DACA dead
April 3, 2018How does the caravan of Honduran refugees that Trump is so upset about relate to DACA? It doesn't.
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Speakers: Dr. King trended left before his assassination
April 2, 2018Panelists also pointed out the civil rights leader was increasingly radical in the months before his murder, on everything from denouncing the Vietnam War to launching the Poor People’s Campaign.
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