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Today in women’s history: Mary Joyce ends thousand-mile sled dog trip
March 26, 2013During her thousand-mile trek, she endured -60º temperatures, primitive terrain, and minimal communication, making the journey a harrowing one.
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“Stop breaking up families, immigration reform now,” demand protests
March 25, 2013The civil disobedience at Federal Plaza was one of 10 actions that took place around the country organized by the Fair Immigration Reform Movement.
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March 25, 1911: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2013Triangle Fire led both to the growth of unions - in particular the pioneering International Ladies Garment Workers - and to campaign successfully for reforms to health and safety laws, fire code improvement and enforcement and...
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Bus tour solicits New Yorkers’ priorities for schools
March 22, 2013NEW YORK - After more than a decade of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's corporate restructuring of public education, a coalition of community groups hit the streets to ask New Yorkers, especially parents, what their priorities really were.
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GOP plans to litter budget with anti-environment amendments
March 22, 2013Republicans plan to attach 110 anti-environment amendments to the Senate budget bill, not merely in the interest of climate change denial, but as a way of giving gifts to big corporations.
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