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Enshrine voting right in the Constitution
August 7, 2013On August 5, 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, announcing, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless."
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Lawmakers probe job safety rules delay
August 7, 2013Laws matter. Rules enforcing laws matter. And whether rules are written and enforced, especially for worker safety and health, really matters.
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Union locals pledge to halt GOP in 2014 mid-term elections
August 7, 2013The GOP momentum spread to states like Wisconsin, where Scott Walker quickly enacted legislation that stripped basic bargaining rights from public employees.
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Hiroshima memory stirs call for peace
August 7, 2013Peace activists joined many thousands of similar gatherings worldwide to remember the horror of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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Today in labor history: No more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis
August 6, 2013The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.
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