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Today in history: Birthday of Ruth Crawford Seeger
July 3, 2012Today, July 3rd 1903 Ruth Crawford Seeger, step mother of Pete Seeger, was born. Ruth Seeger was an accomplished peoples artist in her own right, and was a folk singer, musician and an expert historian of...
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Blood and citizenship: Black soldiers and the 4th of July
July 3, 2012As we celebrate Independence Day, it is worth remembering how important documents are to us - and where the authority for those documents comes from.
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Hoffa and Brown try to put brakes on Pacific trade pact
July 2, 2012With the Obama administration moving ahead with negotiations with Pacific Rim nations, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Teamsters President James Hoffa teamed up.
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Today in history: Civil Rights Act signed
July 2, 2012On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, a historic advance for all Americans.
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Congress agrees on $ for roads, bridges, but not mass transit
July 2, 2012Key GOP hang-ups, which were apparently dropped from the final version of the legislation, included Republican insistence on construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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