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Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

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The Pennsylvania Challenge
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The Oklahoma Three, Free at Last
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Veteran Politicians vs. Veterans
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Grinding Down Democracy
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Term Limits (refresh for more)

Chairman Jeffords
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Banana Republic of New York
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Term Limits Poster Boy #98,992,938
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Green Politicians and Ham
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Today in Freedom

On May 18, 1652, Rhode Island passed the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

On May 18, 1593, playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy led to an arrest warrant for fellow playwright Christopher (“Kit”) Marlowe.

Kyd was the famed author of The Spanish Tragedy, and Kit Marlowe [pictured] was known for a number of plays, including The Jew of Malta and The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.

Marlowe died a few weeks later, on May 30, without having been arrested. The circumstances of his death were bizarre, suspicious — as if written by a playwright.

Kit Marlowe

Slavery and Heresy

Bills of Suppression

So Low

Library Against Liberty

A Done Decision

Pander, Please

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