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Juneteenth: Recognizing neighborhood heroes and heroines
July 10, 2013The community gathered to celebrate Juneteenth and to honor more than a dozen people from the neighborhood whose everyday activities make all the difference.
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Syria, poison gas, and Arabian tales
July 10, 2013It is not unlike Sherlock Holmes and the dog that didn't bark. And like Holmes, start with the facts.
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California prisoners begin hunger strike
July 10, 2013Thousands of inmates July 8 renewed a hunger strike begun in 2011 to protest prison practices they say amount to torture.
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Today in labor history: Mary McLeod Bethune born
July 10, 2013Mary McLeod Bethune, one of our great civil rights leaders, was born July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, S.C. Her parents were former slaves.
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Immigration reform threatened in the House
July 10, 2013This week, immigration reform advocates face some of their biggest hurdles ever.
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