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Voting Rights Act turns 50 – is it on agenda for GOP debate?
August 6, 2015With voting rights under fire, GOP candidates have an opportunity to address the need to fix one of the nation's most important statutes.
Read moreToday in history: The Americans with Disabilities Act signed 25 years ago
July 24, 2015It was dedicated activism that accomplished these measures so that the benefits of living in a modern society can be accessed by millions more people.
Read moreUnionists, retirees to lead mass pro-Medicare rallies on July 30
July 23, 2015Unions also want to use the rallies to again push for "Medicare for all," namely government-run single-payer national health insurance.
Read moreHappy fifth birthday, Dodd-Frank Act
July 21, 2015Five years ago, in the wake of the worst economic crisis in U.S. history since the Great Depression, Obama signed the Dodd-Frank act into law.
Read moreToday in history: reading the Riot Act for 300 years
July 20, 2015You may not have known that the Riot Act was passed by an act of the British Parliament on this date exactly 300 years ago, July 20, 1715.
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