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Hillary Clinton tells voters: Don’t let Trump steal the election, again
August 20, 2020The woman who beat Donald Trump says he has to be defeated again, by an even bigger margin this time.
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Harris targets Trump the predator, denounces structural racism
August 20, 2020Harris, the first Black woman VP nominee and first South Asian descendant on a major party ticket, combined personal history and praise of the women whose shoulders she stands on—suffrage crusaders and her immigrant mother—with her...
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Washington on religious freedom—230 years ago
August 19, 2020While in Newport, the president was inspired to issue a major statement on religious freedom, making it clear that the new government of the United States intended to do things differently from other nations.
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19th Amendment was milestone for women’s equality, but not the final victory
August 18, 2020Was it revolution? No. Did it overthrow capitalism? No. But we cannot be deaf and blind to the hard-fought achievements we have scored.
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Eric Bentley, critic, playwright, Brecht translator, Hanns Eisler fan, dies at 103
August 17, 2020Readers and theatergoers who appreciate the work of Bertolt Brecht, and reading about it in English, have primarily Eric Bentley to thank. His contributions are truly beyond measure.
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