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Parsing race, politics, and pot in Florida
March 2, 2015A Florida legislator has reintroduced a bill Feb. 24 to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state.
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Oakland workers celebrate new minimum wage
March 2, 2015On Mar. 2, tens of thousands of Oakland workers will get a pay raise, and thousands more will have paid sick days for the first time.
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People lobby for police accountability bill filed in Maryland state legislature
March 2, 2015It's a sign of the effectiveness of protests that have occurred here - as well as nationwide - against police killings of unarmed African Americans.
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Today in women’s history: Death of Anne Frank, Holocaust martyr
March 2, 2015The exact date is undetermined, but on or about this day 70 years ago, in 1945, Anne Frank perished at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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Lies and myths about Greece and Europe’s debt
March 2, 2015The European debt crisis goes back to the end of the roaring '90s when the banks were flush with money and looking for ways to raise their bottom lines.
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