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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“It recognizes liberation, it recognizes freedom. ...
Jamaal Bowman on Fighting the Pro-Israel Lobby — and for ‘Collective Liberation’
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoBowman speaks with Rolling Stone about his primary against George Latimer — and his fight against...
IMPD: 1 shot, killed on Indy’s near north side
FOX 59 Indianapolis· 4 hours agoINDIANAPOLIS – Police are investigating a person was shot and killed early Monday morning on Indy’s near north side. According to the Indianapolis...
What to Know About Jamaal Bowman’s Bitter Democratic Primary Race
New York Times· 4 hours agoMr. Bowman faces George Latimer in a House primary in New York that will test the party’s views on...
Poll: Southerners most likely to support preserving Confederacy's legacy
Axios· 3 days agoNearly 60% of Southerners support efforts to preserve the legacy of the Confederacy, which is more...
Phoenix police problems are too deep to fix without a judge's oversight
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoDuring the 2020 protests that grew out of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Phoenix officers arrested 17 ...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 5 days agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...