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He immediately asked for my email address and said he would invite my wife Debs and I to enjoy all the pleasures that city could and would provide.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Oaks Christian 8, Chaminade 1: Sophia Debs struck out 13 and hit a home run for the Lions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, began his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
Socialist labor leader Eugene Debs led a national boycott only to have it broken by federal troops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
To workers, Eugene Debs and Samuel Gompers came increasingly to seem like saviors, Chicago’s merchant princes like devils.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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