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This week in history: Argentina independence bicentennial
July 5, 2016July 9, 1816 marks the declaration of Argentine independence by the Congress of San Miguel de Tucumán, a city in the northwest of the country.
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Senate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
July 5, 2016"Over the last five years alone, more than 150 public schools have been shut down and the childhood poverty rate in Puerto Rico is now 58 percent."
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Strike! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers walk-off job
July 1, 2016Nearly 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers from Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., walked off the job today for a livable wage.
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Clevelanders meet to save the postal service
June 30, 2016Opposing a right-wing, big business privatization drive, 100 union and community activists took part in a field hearing to save the publicly-run United States Postal Service.
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Spain elections: Disappointment for the left, stalemate may continue
June 30, 2016Unity continues to elude the Spanish left, even with a re-do of the 2015 elections.
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