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What's Juneteenth and what's open, closed? Here's what Augusta-area residents need to know
Gannett via AOL· 22 hours agoColumbia County trash pick up is done through private businesses, so if you live in Columbia County,...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe movement inspired others across the county. Gaines: A life in civil rights A student leader of...
Juneteenth 2024: What to do, where to celebrate in NYC
New York Daily News· 5 days agoNew York City offers an expansive lineup of Juneteenth events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day...
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 4 days agoOn Wednesday, June 19, the United States will observe Juneteenth. A little history: In 1865, a Union...
Jewish leaders call for new NYC mask ban after explosion of antisemitic protests by mobs with hidden...
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnti-mask laws "effectively tanked the Ku Klux Klan. Nobody wanted their face to be seen," Scott...
Convention-goers beware: Pro-Palestinian groups want an ugly scene at Chicago’s DNC
The Hill· 14 hours agoDid we just witness a dress rehearsal by pro-Palestinian groups for disrupting the Democratic...
Turn the Spotlight on China’s Season of Dark Memories | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 1 day agoSummer in China evokes dark memories of past Chinese Communist Party crackdowns. China’s government...
The anti-Semitism row rocking Hollywood
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe opening of the Hollywood’s Academy Museum on 30 September 2021 was supposed to be the end of decades of planning rows and a way for the Oscars...
Acts of Language | Isabella Hammad
New York Review of Books· 6 days agoSince the protests began on campuses throughout the United States, I have been struck by the verbal contortions many writers have gone through to avoid...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 10 hours agoIt took more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for...