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Today in history: LGBT Pride Month!

June 1, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, being subjected to routine anti-homosexual harassment, fought back in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement.

“Death in the Congo” highlights obscure subject: African liberation

May 29, 2015 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Death in the Congo" is an important book because it fills a void, but it could have illuminated more.

Today in history: World War I vets demand relief

May 29, 2015 By Special to People’s World

During the Great Depression, the "Bonus Expeditionary Force," a group of World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans' bonus certificates, arrived in D.C.

Today in history: Maya Angelou passes one year ago

May 28, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The multi-talented, much beloved Maya Angelou died one year ago today at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.

This week in Indigenous news: Memorial for fallen Native warriors

May 27, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

Here are some of the memorials honoring our fallen Native warriors across the country.