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Providing safe havens and a sense of community for our beneficiaries is one of our primary missions at the Rosenberg Fund for Children. We also strive to remember the work of activist families from… Read More
A Message from Ethel's Sons
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Like many of you, my family watched the clock tick down to the end of Barack Obama's presidency, hoping that in his final hours he would act to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. Though that… Read More
President Obama did not exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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To the disappointment of many, thousands of individuals and organizations who supported the appeal to President Obama’s conscience in an effort to move him to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, Obama did not… Read More
Exiting Obama does not act on request to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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EASTHAMPTON - The sons of accused spy Ethel Rosenberg say they will not give up on their quest to have their mother exonerated, after President Obama left office without acting on their bid.
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg grateful for support, even without a pardon
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EASTHAMPTON — A nearly yearlong campaign by Robert and Michael Meeropol urging President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, ended with Obama’s presidency Friday.
2 Weeks Left: Help us Convince President Obama to Exonerate Ethel
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Around the December holidays, the campaign to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, got a huge boost:
Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case
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December 30, 2016
Feds used Ethel Rosenberg as leverage against Soviet spy husband, executed her with insufficient evidence: report
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The U.S. government used convicted Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg as a “pawn” in the case against her atomic-secret-stealing husband despite a lack of evidence, a new inquiry into the execution of the… Read More
Legal scholars claim new evidence shows Ethel Rosenberg was innocent in infamous spy case
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By Brooke Singman, Published December 21, 2016
Son Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg Seeks Exoneration From Obama
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December 13, 2016, Updated 12/14/2016 9:11 AM
Among the last orders of business for outgoing presidents are the presidential pardons, exonerations and sentence commutations.
Michael Dukakis Asks Obama to Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg
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Rosenberg was executed with her husband in 1953, but mounting evidence indicates she was not a Soviet spy.
How The Feds Executed My Parents: Michael Meeropol, Son of The Rosenbergs
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Dec 9, 2016 - "We speak this week to Michael Meeropol, whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the US government in 1953. We talk about his efforts to clear his mother's name and… Read More
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg Visit White House Dec 1, 2016
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Michael and Robert Meeropol, the sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, visited the White House on Dec 1, 2016, to deliver their petition asking President Obama to exonerate their mother, signed by over… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg's sons plead with Obama to exonerate mom in spy case
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Last Updated Dec 1, 2016 5:04 PM EST
Sons of Ethel Rosenberg plead with Obama to exonerate mother
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BY ERIC TUCKER AND JOSH LEDERMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 1, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after… Read More
Sons of executed spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate their mother
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By Joe Heim December 1 at 5:25 PM
Sons of convicted communist spy Ethel Rosenberg ask Obama to exonerate her
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By Allison Malloy, CNN
Updated 4:14 PM ET, Thu December 1, 2016
Washington (CNN)The sons of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two convicted communist spies who were sentenced to death during the Cold War… Read More