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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s final day: June 19th, 1953
June 19, 2015At the height of the Cold War anti-communist hysteria, the lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were extinguished. On the anniversary of their executions, their granddaughter has a message.
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House bill slashes $74 million from NLRB, shackling board
June 19, 2015Ruling Republicans on the House subcommittee that helps dole out federal funds slashed $74 million from the board's budget for the year.
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To Mother Emanuel’s Denmark Vesey: your fight goes on!
June 19, 2015Fighting off racist attacks is nothing new for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
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Today in history: 150th anniversary of Juneteenth
June 19, 2015It honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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Report exposes vast web of secret Walmart tax shelters
June 18, 2015Walmart has built a vast, undisclosed network of 78 subsidiaries and branches in 15 overseas tax havens.
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