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This week in history: Saugus Iron Works, 50 years a National Historic Site
April 3, 2018On April 5, 1968, the Saugus Iron Works was added to the National Park Service system and renamed the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site.
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Refugee caravan approaches U.S., Trump blasts Mexico, declares DACA dead
April 3, 2018How does the caravan of Honduran refugees that Trump is so upset about relate to DACA? It doesn't.
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Speakers: Dr. King trended left before his assassination
April 2, 2018Panelists also pointed out the civil rights leader was increasingly radical in the months before his murder, on everything from denouncing the Vietnam War to launching the Poor People’s Campaign.
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At IAM2018, King’s legacy is civil rights and labor action
April 2, 2018“This work is important not just in the history of the civil rights movement, but in the world,” declared Mayor Jim Strickland in an opening remark.
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Fired police chief praised by Trump runs for mayor
April 2, 2018CHICAGO - In a bizarre twist of events, the former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced he will be running in the 2019 Chicago Mayoral race. McCarthy was sacked in 2015 by the current Chicago mayor...
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