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Today in history: The Civil War ends
April 9, 2015The death toll is estimated at perhaps as many as 750,000, out of a total U.S. population of only 30 million at the time.
Read moreStrange convergence: Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg at 100
April 7, 2015They were each born into poverty six months and a hundred miles apart.
Read moreToday in environmental history: Bill McKibben steps it up with 350.org
April 7, 2015This is the science of climate change. It is no longer up for debate.
Read moreToday in history: Feminist labor organizer Rose Schneiderman is born
April 6, 2015A fiery labor orator, feminist and socialist, she served as president of the Women's Trade Union League.
Read moreToday in history: An occasional poem for the first night of Passover
April 3, 2015Tonight begins the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.
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