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FILE 0431 The Plan to Attack AmericaIn 1962 the Joint Chiefs proposed staging terror attacks on Americans — and blaming an enemy. Government Secrets FILE 0430 They Called It TreatmentEighteen Americans were injected with plutonium. None of them were told. Medical & Experiments FILE 0429 The Government Poisoned the WhiskeyTo stop people drinking, Washington made the alcohol deadlier on purpose. Systemic Government FILE 0428 Gone By DarkThousands of towns forced out their Black residents — and kept them out. Racial Justice FILE 0427 Ten Dead at the GateUnarmed strikers marched on a steel mill. Chicago police opened fire. Labor

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