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DACA at heightened risk while in litigation limbo
UPI· 1 day agoPresident Joe Biden delivers remarks during the DACA 12th Anniversary event in the East room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. June 20...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 2 days agoThe campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump shared messages commemorating...
The Switch Up — The living legacy of Juneteenth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor more than 400 years, 15 million Africans were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, according to data from the United Nations. By 1860, when...
Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 2 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves. It took effect January 1, 1863, however, word spread slowly through ...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 1 day agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
Dead Kennedy
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoKennedy’s fundamental strategic problem as a candidate, in fact, is that he persists in trying to gain traction on both sides despite...have been...
A white mob in Ohio denied land to hundreds of former slaves, a lawmaker wants to right that wrong
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDuring the height of summer in 1846, a mob of white Mercer County residents surrounded a group of...
Florida Republicans terrorized a teacher because of a Black Lives Matter flag. She hit back and won
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoYears before, Donofrio had helped her students start a group called EVAC Movement. Once invited to...