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Today in history: LGBT Pride Month!
June 1, 2015 By Special to People’s World
Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, being subjected to routine anti-homosexual harassment, fought back in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement.
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Today in history: World War I vets demand relief
May 29, 2015 By Special to People’s World
During the Great Depression, the "Bonus Expeditionary Force," a group of World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans' bonus certificates, arrived in D.C.
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Nebraska lawmakers override governor’s veto and abolish death penalty
May 28, 2015 By Grant Schulte
Lawmakers in the deep red state of Nebraska overrode their Republican governor's veto yesterday and abolished the death penalty.
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Today in history: Maya Angelou passes one year ago
May 28, 2015 By Special to People’s World
The multi-talented, much beloved Maya Angelou died one year ago today at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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This week in Indigenous news: Memorial for fallen Native warriors
May 27, 2015 By Andrea Perkins
Here are some of the memorials honoring our fallen Native warriors across the country.
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