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President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
January 24, 2017Exoneration will have to wait for another day in history.
Read moreThis week in history: Progressive Brazilian President Jânio Quadros born
January 23, 2017Quadros stunned his nation when he suddenly resigned from office with a terse message to the National Congress.
Read moreIn its 50th year, Canada’s single-payer Medicare system under attack
January 18, 2017The opponents of Medicare have never given up their fight.
Read moreThis week in history: President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the nation
January 17, 2017Eisenhower’s record in retrospect has earned a warm, nostalgic glow that is not wholly undeserved.
Read moreThe racist, anti-Semitic origins of right-to-work
January 13, 2017It is worth remembering that so-called Right-to-Work laws originated as means to maintain Jim Crow labor relations.
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