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Thousands March in Cambridge for Cease-Fire in Gaza

Laura Crimaldi The Boston Globe
Demonstration organizers encouraged the crowd to use Tuesday’s presidential primary election in Massachusetts to choose the “no preference” option on the Democratic ballot.

The Ironies of Drinking Fluid Milk

Marion Nestle Food Politics
Today’s mega-milk-industry stems from a lack of scientific perspective that turned milk into a supposed daily necessity for children and, to a lesser extent, adults.

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11

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Engraved image of the 1770 Boston Massacre
If This Be Treason (in 1774), War Is Such an Ugly Word (1919), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Law (1984), International Women's Day! (1914), Joe McCarthy's Dam Cracks (1954), Whose Streets? Our Streets! (1969), Big Win for Miners' Health (1969)