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Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
France’s Soccer Team Tackles a New Opponent: The Far Right
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoEven by the quiet standards of most athletes outside the U.S., soccer players tend to be notoriously...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoIn today’s episode of White People Who Have No Business Teaching Black Students, a New Jersy high school teacher has been suspended after two separate videos surfaced that showed him all in ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoThe creative works and impact of Tyler Perry are at the center of a new course introduced to first-year students at Emory University in Georgia this fall. According to NBC News, Tameka Cage ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoFormer Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who is currently doing federal and state time for the killing of George Floyd</ ...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
AOL· 3 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 ...
Progressive Democrats Scramble to Save One of Their Stars From Defeat
New York Times· 7 days agoRepresentative Jamaal Bowman’s views on Israel made him a top target. Representative Alexandria...
Special Edition: Chicago celebrates Juneteenth
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoToday is Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation...
Israel-Hamas war roils congressional race outside NYC, testing Democrats in pivotal clash
NBC New York· 6 days agoThe war between Israel and Hamas is roiling a congressional primary election between two Democrats...
MAGA Senate hopeful defends 'mouthy' women complaint: James Carville hates them too
The Raw Story· 7 days agoA controversial GOP-endorsed senatorial candidate who notoriously opined women have become "too...