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This week in history: First Black woman earns a medical degree
February 22, 2016Rebecca Davis Lee became the first African-American woman to become a physician in the United States.
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Unity vs. the right in Nevada, danger displayed in South Carolina
February 22, 2016Nevada's Democratic Party caucuses held showed an effort between Sanders and Clinton to protect the White House from the hands of the far right.
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Labor leaders say unions will unite behind one candidate in 2016
February 21, 2016The federation is holding off on an endorsement at this time while some of its unions work for Clinton and others for Sanders.
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Justice Dept. to prosecutors: Tackle job safety crimes, other abuses
February 19, 2016The point is to make violations of job safety more costly to errant companies, hopefully deterring the firms from breaking the law in the first place.
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GOP’s double rejection: Obama heads to Havana, Pope calls Trump’s wall un-Christian
February 19, 2016The actions of Obama and Pope Francis are a resounding rejection of foreign and domestic policy agendas being put forward by Republican leaders.
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