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Aretha Franklin: Her legacy in music and social justice lives on
August 16, 2018Franklin’s activism went beyond the lyrics of her songs, as she used her platform to help many social justice campaigns.
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This week in history: Lefties of the world, unite!
August 13, 2018There is still a long way to go before “right-handed chauvinism” becomes universally understood.
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Nuclear abolition: Protesters confront Livermore Lab on Hiroshima anniversary
August 10, 2018Nobuaki Hanaoka was an infant in Nagasaki in August 1945 when the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb. He recalled how, when he was a child, "death came down with the rain.”
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Ed Sadlowski – Remembrance of a life even bigger than the man
August 7, 2018Ed Sadlowski was a different leader, ahead in his time - opposing the war in Vietnam, tariffs and favoring a more democratic union.
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This week in history: Nixon secures 1968 nomination, riot breaks out
August 6, 2018During the last two days of the convention, Black Americans protested militantly in nearby Liberty City.
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