World
Revolution within the revolution: Vietnam, Cuba move toward LGBTQ equality
June 23, 2016Each is a case of governments evolving together, inching toward their socialist aspirations where oppression is relegated to the past.
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Mexico teachers on the barricades: Protests result in death and injury
June 22, 2016Southern Mexico is on fire with protest demonstrations after the government sent in heavily armed troops to suppress demonstrations.
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France rising up against so-called labor law reform
June 22, 2016French government mandates weakening important labor law protections are a key factor in the waves of protests that have rocked the nation.
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Brazilian Left pushing hard for referendum to stop rightward slide
June 20, 2016The referendum would authorize new elections for October, but this depends on first defeating the efforts of the right to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office.
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This week in history: Nazis invade Soviet Union 75 years ago
June 20, 2016Seventy-five years ago this week, in Operation Barbarossa, German forces suddenly invaded the Soviet Union.
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