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Demonstrators to Connecticut’s Sen. Blumenthal: Peace yes! War, no!
August 31, 2015Connecticut residents unfurled a long stream of petitions calling on Blumenthal to support the peace agreement with Iran as his six other Congressional colleagues have done.
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People’s World wins new round of media awards
August 28, 2015People's World received a new round of media awards recently for news and opinion-editorial writing.
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A decade after Katrina: what we’ve learned and refuse to learn
August 27, 2015A decade later, the nation has made little progress in addressing the systemic problems Hurricane Katrina laid bare.
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Today in history: It’s Women’s Equality Day!
August 26, 2015On this day 95 years ago, in 1920, after a 72-year struggle, women in the United States won the right to vote.
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Today in history: Nat Turner begins anti-slavery revolt
August 21, 2015On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner began a bloody slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia.
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