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Two-sub build rate uncertain as Congress hashes out defense bills
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe push to continue the pace of building two Virginia-class submarines per year is in limbo as...
Renewed call on ‘unwieldy’ Windrush compensation scheme as latest figures out
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoCharity director Caroline Abrahams said “with political will” the compensation scheme could be made...
US laws created during slavery are still on the books
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by...
Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday
WLTX-TV Columbia· 5 days agoJuneteenth is observed annually on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free....
Here’s how St. Pete Pride became the largest LGBTQ+ festival in the Southeast
Tampa Bay Times· 3 days agoWhile rainbow flags decorate St. Petersburg year-round, Pride month is extra special in the Sunshine...
The heartbreaking love story behind the historic Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJim Obergefell was the lead plaintiff on the landmark case that gave same-sex couples the right to...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court made the decision to restore a congressional voting map in Louisiana—and it’s a win for Black voters. The restoration occurred less than six months before the ...
San Antonio teen vows to fight for the rights of others
San Antonio Express-News· 7 days agoJustice and equality fueled Charlotte Blackwood’s sermon to the congregation at the First Unitarian...
CPS to rename 3 schools, including one named after Christopher Columbus
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoThree Chicago public schools are being renamed in the latest changes aimed at getting rid of racist or otherwise problematic namesakes. In a school system where 82% of students are Black or ...