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June 5, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In its earliest phase, very little was known about transmission, and public anxiety grew, sometimes reaching hysterical proportions.

June 4, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Today is the birthday of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, born (as Karola Ruth Siegel) in 1928 in Wiesenfeld, Germany.

June 4, 2015 By Norman Markowitz

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.

June 3, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1943, simmering racial unease exploded as hundreds of white sailors stationed in Los Angeles stormed into East L.A. and began beating Hispanics.

June 3, 2015 By Ed Rampell

The film shows how nonfiction becomes novelized, with dramatization and confabulation fobbed off as "news" and "truth."