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Pentagon leaders say they favor gays serving openly
February 4, 2010In a historic first, the Pentagon's top leaders called this week for an end to "don't ask, don't tell," the policy.
Read moreMelanie Shouse, health care activist, dies at 41
February 4, 2010ST. LOUIS -- Melanie Shouse was 37 when she first felt the lump. She couldn't believe it. But she kept up her fighting spirit, especially for health care reform.
Read moreAgainst the odds, independent politics advance in Illinois election
February 3, 2010CHICAGO -- Voters in the Feb. 2 Illinois primary election seemed to send a message to politicians: We're fed up with corruption; we want solutions.
Read moreCommunist Party and African American equality – a focus unequaled in U.S. history
February 3, 2010A look at writings of leading African American members of the Communist Party USA on the struggle against racism over four decades.
Read moreHow the Greensboro sit-in ignited a social revolution
February 3, 2010For us black high school students in the 1950s, it seemed like black people were always the victims. Greensboro was different.
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