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Today in history: Hooray for Medicare on its first 50 years!
July 30, 2015Happy birthday, Medicare! Celebrations are occurring all over the country.
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Today in labor history: Fast-food workers strike for $15 in seven U.S. cities
July 29, 2015Fast food workers walked off their jobs and demonstrated in the thousands for a higher paycheck - $15 an hour.
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Today in history: U.S. Marines invade and occupy Haiti 100 years ago
July 28, 2015The story of Haiti is a case study in the injustice of the international finance and monetary system.
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Today in history: Centennial of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego
July 27, 2015The Exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, an immense engineering feat, built at enormous material and human cost.
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Today 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.
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Today in history: The city of Santiago de Cuba is 500 years old
July 23, 2015Cuban poet, writer, and national hero, José Martí, is buried in Santiago, which was also the home of the revolutionary hero Frank País.
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Turkey: 30 young socialists massacred in Suruç suicide bombing
July 22, 2015The attack in the southern city of Suruç targeted a gathering of 300 Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) members from Istanbul.
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San Diego gathering features the worst of American politics
July 22, 2015Most of what's wrong with American politics today is on display from now through the weekend in a downtown hotel in San Diego.
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