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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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“The Americans”: episode explores what-if bomb scenario
March 19, 2015Philip and Elizabeth thwart the bombing of an American university, yet they're unlikely to receive a medal for their actions.
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Today in women’s history: Edith Nourse Rogers born, sponsored G.I. Bill
March 19, 2015Once upon a time there existed moderate, even in certain ways progressive Republicans.
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