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“The Americans”: Exploring lesser and greater evils
April 24, 2015The finale is titled the date of President Reagan's famous Evil Empire speech to the National Association of Evangelicals.
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Today in environmental history: It’s Arbor Day!
April 24, 2015The first Arbor Day in the world was celebrated in the small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra in 1805.
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Lee Cain: he kept his eyes on the prize
April 23, 2015Lee Cain was a powerful orator who had toiled for years at the Dodge Main plant and was a leader of the Black Caucus of the UAW.
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Today in history for Poetry Month: Shakespeare on Robben Island
April 23, 2015After he became president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela continued to read, to quote and to love William Shakespeare.
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Today in environmental history: Earth Day founded in 1970
April 22, 2015In 1970, Americans were pumping leaded gas into their massive sedans, and industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.
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