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Today in women’s history: National Women’s Party protests workplace discrimination
March 28, 2013On this day in 1931, governors of Florida, Virginia, New Mexico and a few other states rejected proposals from the Cotton-Textile Institute to forbid women from working factory night shifts.
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The children cry out: “Don’t deport our parents!”
March 27, 2013"I don't want my parents to be scared of being deported and being separated from me and my brothers. I want them to live in peace."
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U.S. Supreme Court hears Calif. marriage equality case
March 27, 2013Another milestone was crossed March 26 in Californians' years-long quest for marriage equality.
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Petraeus apologizes for infidelity, but not Iraq death squads
March 27, 2013The beginning of Petraeus' comeback accompanies more evidence of the dirty war in Iraq. If truth is the first casualty of war, one of the last is trust.
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Today in women’s history: Mother Jones ordered to stop “stirring up” miners
March 27, 2013She was banished from more towns and was held incommunicado in more jails in more states than any other union leader of the time.
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