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December 9, 2024

Will Congress Force This Controversial Alcohol Study To Stop?

Esther Mobley San Francisco Chronicle

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, co-wrote a letter to two federal agencies calling for the suspension of an alcohol review.

The upcoming revision of U. S. Dietary Guidelines is unfolding amid a shifting global sentiment toward drinking. Members of Congress are calling for a suspension of a controversial committee that could recommend Americans reduce alcohol consumption.

January 15, 2024

This Week in People’s History, Jan 16–22

Portside

Storefronts covered with signs promoting prohibition

Prohibition Gets Started (in 1919), Slave Owners Get Nervous (1834), Swing Comes to the Opera House (1944), Repression Takes Practice (1934), Nazis Make a Reality of Wage Slavery (1934), Wilmington Occupation Ends (1969), Voting Rights Victory (1964)

September 28, 2018

Keg-Parties and Assaults: Women From Catholic High Schools in Washington Area Break 'Culture Of Silence'

Mary Pflum and Brandy Zadrozny NBC News

“So many of us thought we were alone,” said a graduate of an all-girls Catholic school who said she was raped at a party. “But we weren’t.”

People Who Are Destroying America

August 16, 2013

Openly gay Mayor Johnny Cummings helps Vicco, KY, become the smallest U.S. town to pass an LGBT fairness ordinance.

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