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Today in history: Mass arrests in 2004 Republican National Convention crackdown
August 31, 2015Protest activity against the convention and Bush's re-nomination included a broad range of marches, rallies, performances, demonstrations, exhibits, and acts of civil disobedience.
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A decade after Katrina: what we’ve learned and refuse to learn
August 27, 2015A decade later, the nation has made little progress in addressing the systemic problems Hurricane Katrina laid bare.
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Today in history: radical Dada artist Man Ray is born
August 27, 2015ARTnews magazine named Man Ray one of the 25 most influential artists of the 20th century.
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Today in history: It’s Women’s Equality Day!
August 26, 2015On this day 95 years ago, in 1920, after a 72-year struggle, women in the United States won the right to vote.
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Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement: Potential damage to global public health
August 25, 2015"If the door starts to close on generic production of antiretrovirals, any hope of ending the global AIDS epidemic in our lifetime will quickly evaporate."
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Today in labor history: United Farm Workers launch the lettuce boycott
August 24, 2015Forty-five years ago on this date, UFW Organizing Committee leader César Chávez called for a consumer boycott of lettuce.
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Today in history: Nat Turner begins anti-slavery revolt
August 21, 2015On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner began a bloody slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia.
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Today in history: LBJ’s “Great Society” is launched
August 20, 2015On this date in 1964, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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