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Indigenous news: activism, identity, and honoring natives
July 2, 2015On May 26, the town council in Newstead, New York voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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On 4th of July, remember CPUSA’s commitment to patriotism
July 2, 2015FDR signed Executive Order 9066 for the forcible internment of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry into concentration camps, including CPUSA member Karl Yoneda..
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Today in history: Earl Robinson, composer of “Joe Hill,” born
July 2, 2015On this date in 1910, composer Earl Robinson was born in Seattle.
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Review: how corporate America invented Christian America
July 1, 2015"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
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Today in history: first U.S. postage stamps issued, and what that means
July 1, 2015On this date in 1847, the Post Office Department (now called the U.S. Postal Service), issued its first two postage stamps.
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