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Black Women Stand As Living Monument After Protesters Toppled 'Racist' Bronze Statue
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoDozens of Black women gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Wednesday to honor Juneteenth and create an art installation comprised of living "statues" to take the place of ones that ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 6 days agoOffering $25, they asked if I knew the words to “America the Beautiful.” In high school, I deejayed the early morning shift for WHSC, my town’s country music station that began each day with ...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 5 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
New York Police Helicopters Are Flying More, Spent $12.4 Million in 2023
Bloomberg· 6 days agoOn a windy night last September, a New York City Police Department helicopter headed south from the...
Mother of fallen Connecticut detective admonishes town council after refusal to fly 'antagonistic' ...
AOL· 5 days agoA mother of a fallen Connecticut detective admonished a Democrat-led town council after it voted against flying the "thin blue line" flag in honor of a recently slain trooper ...
What does it mean to be a ‘Swiftie for Palestine’?
Washington Post· 3 days agoTwo things Anamta Rehan has always believed in: Palestinian liberation and Taylor Swift. Rehan’s grandparents “left half their life in India to move to...
On Juneteenth, Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAnd, of course, they want to preserve the Confederate names and monuments still extant and bring...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was put in her place last week after she received a scathing insult from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Greene ...
Jason C. Bivins, ReligionDispatches
The Raw Story· 1 day agoFollow RD on Facebook or Twitter for daily updates. A frank assessment of the conditions enabling Trump’s election—and I’m not talking here about Russia and the UAE—means that we look squarely ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 7 days agoMelina Abdullah, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, has been getting raked over the coals for speaking her mind about the whiteness of Taylor Swift fans. Abdullah, who works as ...
