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What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 6 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoProsecutors yesterday decided against charging two Atlanta police officers who killed a Black man in 2020, an incident that sparked sometimes violent unrest in a city generally known for Black ...
Today in History
The Martinsburg Journal· 2 days agoToday is Sunday, June 23, the 175th day of 2024. There are 191 days left in the year. On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX,...
What's Juneteenth and what's open, closed? Here's what Augusta-area residents need to know
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe holiday rose to prominence in 2020 amid the nationwide protests about racial inequality after...
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth
E! News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNearly 160 years after the last of the enslaved African-Americans were freed, Juneteenth celebrations commemorating that fateful day have taken on a...
Jamaal Bowman on Fighting the Pro-Israel Lobby -- and for 'Collective Liberation'
Rolling Stone· 2 days agoBrooklyn’s Eastville Comedy Club is abuzz with banter ahead of a comedy show fundraiser for Rep....
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoKent County prosecuting attorney Christopher Becker, must decide whether the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya will face criminal charges, reported NPR. While Michigan State Police investigate ...
Silicon Valley Pain Index highlights increasing inequity in tech and housing
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days agoOn Tuesday, one of the authors behind the region’s annual “Pain Index” revealed the report’s latest...
Forum: Summit on policing will start ongoing conversation on reforms | HeraldNet.com
Everett Herald· 3 days agoSay their names: Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Daunte Wright, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Manny Ellis and too many more. There are two worlds that must be ...
Today in History: June 23, Title IX signed into law - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoIn 1831, the Legislature granted the Massachusetts Horticultural Society permission to purchase land on the border of Watertown and Cambridge for use as an experimental garden and a rural cemetery ...
