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July 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1966, International Association of Machinists (IAM) members across the country employed by five airlines went on strike.

July 6, 2015 By Rick Nagin

This is the only book on the assassination recommended by the Kennedy family.

July 6, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Many white people in the South held no one in captivity. Lies and false fear, not ideals, were used to convince them to vote for leaving the Union.

July 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1415, Czech religious reformer Jan Hus, condemned as a heretic against the doctrines of the Catholic Church, was burned at the stake.

July 2, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

On May 26, the town council in Newstead, New York voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.