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Today in history: Juneteenth celebrates 1865 freedom for slaves
June 17, 2016This still popularly observed African American celebration honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed.
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Sanders: Main job now is to defeat Trump
June 17, 2016"We do not need a candidate who has bigotry as the cornerstone of his campaign," he said in an online address streamed across the nation.
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Veterans’ health care in crosshairs of privatization forces
June 16, 2016A blue-ribbon commission is set to recommend that private health companies take over from the federally-run VA. Yet no one has asked veterans what they think.
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AFL-CIO endorses Hillary Clinton for President
June 16, 2016"Hillary Clinton has proven herself as a champion of the labor movement and we will be the driving force to elect her President of the United States."
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Asylum looking unlikely for undocumented family from Colombia
June 15, 2016This mini-documentary from the People's World shows how one family's hopes for finding permanent refuge in the United States may be in jeopardy.
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