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Labor
Connecticut low wage workers testify for $15 an hour
July 23, 2016"I have seen firsthand over the decades the erosion of the middle class in my hometown of Bridgeport, as the income gap has widened more deeply here than almost anywhere else."
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World
This week in history: Peoples’ Olympiad protests Berlin Olympics of 1936
July 18, 2016Many of the athletes were sent by trade unions, workers' clubs and associations, socialist and communist parties and left-wing groups.
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Arts
This week in history: “Towards the future” honors Bastille Day
July 11, 2016July 14th is Bastille Day, the holiday commemorating the fall of the Bastille prison at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789.
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World
This week in history: Argentina independence bicentennial
July 5, 2016July 9, 1816 marks the declaration of Argentine independence by the Congress of San Miguel de Tucumán, a city in the northwest of the country.
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Labor
Strike! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers walk-off job
July 1, 2016Nearly 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers from Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., walked off the job today for a livable wage.
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U.S.
This week in LGBTQ history: UN issues Free & Equal stamps
June 27, 2016In February of this year, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) issued a set of six stamps promoting the UN Free & Equal campaign.
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World
This week in history: Nazis invade Soviet Union 75 years ago
June 20, 2016Seventy-five years ago this week, in Operation Barbarossa, German forces suddenly invaded the Soviet Union.
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U.S.
Today in history: Juneteenth celebrates 1865 freedom for slaves
June 17, 2016This still popularly observed African American celebration honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed.
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