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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWar ended and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. By the time enslaved people were declared...
Defend Liberalism? Let’s Fight for Democracy First
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEven the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, barely met the two-thirds majority to pass, and that was without the Southern delegations voting...
Charter school operators file suit seeking to declare state law requiring union neutrality ‘invalid’
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoThree charter school organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, alleging a 2023 ...
Plans to reform CT’s health care oversight failed. Now what?
The Day· 4 days agoLofty plans for a major redesign of Connecticut’s certificate of need program — a regulatory effort that requires providers to obtain state approval before making substantial changes in the ...
'Measure of a just society': Cincinnati settles 2018 tent city lawsuit
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFinn said the focus should not be on a person's right to remain homeless but instead on providing...
Federal court hears argument to stop farm work at Angola prison in Louisiana in high heat
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA federal judge heard arguments on a motion to stop using the Farm Line at Louisiana State...
Senate resolution apologizes to ‘hundreds of thousands’ of LGBTQ federal employees
The Hill· 4 days agoThe federal government could soon apologize for actions that discriminated against LGBTQ government ...
City Council hears lopsided support for community benefits agreement in public hearing
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHe said the city doesn't need to "reinvent the wheel" because it can build on apprenticeship...
Write-in candidate prevents Democrats, independents from voting in commission race
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWho wins the Pinocchio contest?It all comes down to who is more mentally and physically able to...
Anti-abortion group sues to take an abortion rights initiative off South Dakota ballot
CBS News· 6 days agoAn anti-abortion group in South Dakota has sued to block an abortion rights measure from the...