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Today in black history: Andrew Johnson impeached
February 24, 2014On Feb. 24, 1868 the House voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States.
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
February 24, 2014"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
Read moreReport shows strong public support for Endangered Species Act
February 21, 2014The report was based on a poll which found that two out of three U.S. citizens want the Endangered Species Act either strengthened or simply left alone, but not circumvented or weakened.
Read morePowerful interests mobilize to end U.S. anti-Cuban blockade
February 19, 2014The U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, cruel and reviled across the globe, has persisted for as long as the period between the U.S. Civil War and World War I.
Read moreDemonstrators demand justice for Jordan Davis
February 19, 2014A week of action is taking place here all this week demanding Dunn be retried. Yesterday people wore black ribbons in remembrance of Jordan Davis.
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