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Politics
This week in history: The Presidential Succession Act signed in 1947
July 17, 2017The implications of this Act are today the subject of great concern in light of ongoing investigations of the sitting president.
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U.S.
Union calls latest Senate healthcare bill a “reheated version” of last disaster
July 14, 2017Senate Republicans have released another bill that would rip healthcare away from millions of Americans.
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Environment
This week in history: The bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau
July 10, 2017Thoreau's ideas went on to influence many readers, including political figures, artists, authors, and future naturalists.
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News
This week in history: The Summer of Love
July 6, 2017Fifty years ago, as many as 100,000 mostly young people, sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
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World
This week in history: Canada becomes a country 150 years ago
June 29, 2017July 1 is Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day.
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Labor
Even one unpaid sick day puts workers’ economic security at risk
June 28, 2017“Greater access to paid sick days would give American working families more economic security."
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U.S.
This week in history: East St. Louis rocked by race riot, 1917
June 26, 2017The East St. Louis riots (or massacres) of May and July 1917 were an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence that caused up to 200 deaths and extensive property damage.
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Politics
Bernie Sanders calls for healthcare mobilization in three key states
June 23, 2017Following is the text of a letter Sen. Bernie Sanders sent out on an emergency basis yesterday.
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