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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the...
Wisconsin Teen Damian Haglund Named as Mount Horeb ‘Active Shooter’
Heavy.com· 12 hours agoDamian Haglund, 14, has been publicly named as the the rifle-carrying “active shooter” who was shot...
Review: 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
New Hampshire Union Leader· 2 hours agoThere may be a tendency to think of the war in the same breath as Abraham Lincoln, but Larson, whose...
Presidential Medal of Freedom: Biden honours activists, astronauts and Olympians
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMr Biden declared Juneteenth a national holiday during his first year in office. The president also...
Opinion: Violent and peaceful means
Idaho State Journal· 14 hours agoMany martyrs have sought justice for their people; individuals like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King come to mind. Less than 160 years have passed...
Princess Eugenie Shares Personal Photos for Husband's Birthday, Including a Snap of Jack Brooksbank...
People via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe previously unseen snaps include a glam date night and a casual photo of the couple Princess...
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Dallas Morning News· 5 hours agoBiden hailed Lee’s relentless push to make Juneteenth a national holiday as he conferred the...
I'm a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoRepresenting many faiths and none, we broke bread together and celebrated the Jewish liberation from...
Slavery did not make Britain rich, finds report
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSlavery and colonialism did not make Britain rich, and may even have made the nation poorer, a new study has found. The riches of the slave trade were...
How will Republican Party be remembered?
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoIn 1852, the big national issue was slavery. The Whigs lost the presidency to the Democrats and split over that issue along sectional lines, with Northern Whigs helping to ...