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IRS scandal – Deja vu all over again
May 31, 2013Following years during which they did everything possible to attack the president, congressional Republicans launched an attack on the IRS. The media cheerfully picked up on one-sided tales of IRS abuse.
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Today in labor history: Rosie the Riveter dies at 77
May 31, 2013Rose Will Monroe, who became famous as "Rosie the Riveter," died on May 31, 1997. During World War II, Monroe went to work in the aircraft industry as a riveter making parts for military airplanes.
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“How Can We Make Peace Sexy?”
May 30, 2013Inspired by Hollywood movies that glorify violence, a poet asks, "How do we make peace sexy?"
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Letter from the heartland: Fried in capitalism’s frying pan
May 30, 2013At the Liars' Table you need thick skin and working-class sensibilities that the collective good and the common weal will overcome.
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“Devil in the Grove”: Must-read Pulitzer Prize winner
May 30, 2013In 1961, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In 2013, Gilbert King's "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America " won...
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