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This week in history: Bernstein records Blitzstein’s WWII Airborne Symphony
October 24, 2016Movements from the Airborne Symphony can be heard on YouTube, such as “The Ballad of Hurry Up."
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Birobidzhan: Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region is not so Jewish
October 20, 2016Masha Gessen's new book tells the story of "Where the Jews Aren't."
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Does labor need a ‘new’ New Deal?
October 18, 2016Trade unions and progressives often look back to FDR’s New Deal. But was it really the model they think it to be?
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This week in history: First birth control clinic in U.S., 1916
October 11, 2016Each woman who visited the clinic received Sanger’s pamphlet What Every Girl Should Know, a short lecture on the female reproductive system, and instructions on the use of various contraceptives for a charge of ten cents.
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Welcome to the new PeoplesWorld.org
October 6, 2016Since 1924, our mission has been to bring our readers the news they need to not only understand the world, but to help change it.
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