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‘ACORN and the Firestorm’: Uprooted
May 18, 2018ACORN and the Firestorm provides an invaluable service by demonstrating the effectiveness of community organizing.
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The (non-) Royal Wedding: Working-class love deserves a little celebration, too
May 18, 2018Harry and Meghan will be wed this weekend...as will millions of other couples.
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‘The Americans’ reaches new heights in “The Summit”
May 18, 2018Much of Elizabeth’s undercover work this season has focused on digging up intel to help the Soviets during the upcoming nuclear armaments summit with the U.S.
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This week in history: Sex scientist Magnus Hirschfeld
May 14, 2018His Scientific Humanitarian Committee, founded in Germany in 1897, blazed the trail of gay rights.
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Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ is a powerful posthumous act of resistance
May 11, 2018"If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”—Zora Neale Hurston
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