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American Muslims and Jews show solidarity in the face of hate
March 3, 2017Trump’s prominence has given seeming “permission” for bigots of all stripes to display their prejudices with little fear of recrimination.
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Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin, first woman seated in Congress
March 3, 2017“I may be the first woman member of Congress,” she observed upon her election in 1916. “But I won’t be the last.”
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Celebrating Ellen DuBois, transformative women’s historian
March 3, 2017DuBois is still writing history; her many students have joined her in rewriting history and changing the world.
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Transgender communities build grassroots power in Chicago and nationwide
March 3, 2017“Time after time we have shown the strength we have as a community,” says transgender rights activist Jennicet Gutiérrez.
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Treasury employees “storm Capitol Hill”
March 2, 2017"The American people want a government that works for them. That can’t happen if federal workers are cut.”
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