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Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoIt commemorates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops... in 1862 and it took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, slavery in America wasn't formally ...
Deseret News archives: Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, but the journey continues
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSenate. On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after...
Supreme Court decision saves Trump-era tax change, dodges big loss in federal tax revenue
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBefore the law, companies could defer indefinitely paying U.S. taxes on foreign earnings by parking...
A Second Trump Term Would Double Down on Erasing Trans Rights. Here’s How Advocates Are Preparing.
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut the rising number of federal anti-trans bills introduced by Republicans in Congress have been...
Hillary Clinton gets standing ovation in surprise appearance at Tonys: 'Very special'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"I have stood on a lot of stages, but this is very special." Clinton served as a producer on...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe amendment's passage through Congress and across Lincoln's desk began in January 1865. It was...
After years of expanding gun rights, Supreme Court sets a limit on Second Amendment
The Christian Science Monitor· 1 day agoIn a near-unanimous ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court set the outer bounds on the constitutional...
Prof: GOP seizes on SCOTUS' "very accommodating view of intrusion" of Christianity in public spaces
Salon via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago"The argument, certainly by the ACLU and other groups who I'm sure are already launching litigation...
Group sues over constitutional amendment to change minimum wage for tipped workers
ABC 15 Phoenix· 1 day agoA group trying to raise Arizona’s minimum wage has filed suit over a competing ballot measure passed by the Legislature that would change the hourly wage for tipped workers. House Concurrent ...
B.C. Conservatives recruit another B.C. United defector
Houston Today· 2 days agoFormer District of Sechelt councillor Chris Moore announced Wednesday (June 19) that he would be...