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Today in history: A joke from the USSR for April Fools’ Day
April 1, 2015I heard the following joke in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, then part of the USSR, as was Moldavia.
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“The Americans”: Considering evil and electric sheep
April 1, 2015This episode largely concerns the secrets that women so often carry, some of them to the grave.
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Fascists at the gate in Greece
March 30, 2015Golden Dawn - with its Holocaust denial, its swastikas, and Hitler salutes - makes it look like it inhabits the fringe, but it has roots that make it dangerous.
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Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
March 25, 2015A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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Today in history: First openly gay candidate runs for Congress
March 23, 2015Frank Kameny ran for U.S. Congress on this date in 1971, albeit for a non-voting seat representing the District of Columbia.
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