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Today in labor history: The 1968 Memphis sanitation strike ends
April 16, 2015On this date in 1968, the Memphis Sanitation Strike came to an end.
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Today in history: On April 15 the tax man cometh
April 15, 2015In 1894, the Wilson-Gorman tariff imposed the first peacetime income tax of 2 percent on income over $4000, affecting fewer than one in ten households at that time.
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On Equal Pay Day women call for a level playing field
April 14, 2015For women, today is a sobering reminder that not nearly enough has been done to address unfair wages in this country.
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Today in history: John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” is published
April 14, 2015Millions who have never read the book have seen the film version starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.
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MoveOn moves to halt GOP sabotage of Iran nuke deal
April 13, 2015MoveOn.org is warning that the Republican-led Senate could be starting down the path to a new war in the Mideast.
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Today in history: A step forward for disability rights movement
April 13, 2015On this date in 1990, exactly 25 years ago, a graphic designer named Dan Wilkins founded a firm called The Nth Degree.
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Today in history: Dolores Huerta is born in 1930
April 10, 2015In 1962, Dolores Huerta and César Chávez launched the National Farm Workers Association; Huerta's organizing skills were essential to its growth.
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Today in history: The Civil War ends
April 9, 2015The death toll is estimated at perhaps as many as 750,000, out of a total U.S. population of only 30 million at the time.
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