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The CIA backstory needs to be remembered
December 12, 2014As the debate on the Feinstein Committee's torture report continues, we need to remember the "backstory."
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Twenty-five years later, the Cold War still blows hot
December 3, 2014In Washington, hostility toward socialism and even socialist orientations remain the order of the day.
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Remembering Volodya and the Soviet war dead
December 3, 2014"I am looking at my treasured coin and wondering about Volodya."
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Thirty years later, disaster haunts and angers Bhopal survivors
December 3, 2014Three decades after lethal gas swept through Bhopal, the central Indian city remains haunted by memories of the world's worst industrial disaster.
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Today in labor history: Rosa Parks takes a stand by sitting down
December 1, 2014On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, 42 years old, was arrested in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus.
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