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Florida is behind the country in recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday
WINK TV Southwest Florida· 2 days agoWhile other states are celebrating June 19, known as Juneteenth, with a paid day off from work,...
Key takeaways from a new poll of Black voters
USA Today· 6 days agoPresident Biden's sagging support among Black voters has set off alarm bells among Democrats and raised hopes among Republicans that Donald Trump could...
St. James Episcopal Church, an Iconic Baltimore Pillar, Celebrates Bicentennial - The Baltimore...
Baltimore Times· 18 hours agoIn the early 19th century, an Episcopal deacon named William Levington took a courageous leap of...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoHerschel Walker might be a college football legend, but everything about his political career screams the perils of CTE and not watching Schoolhouse Rock!’s “How A Bill Becomes A Law.” There ...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoOn Wednesday, The Daily Beast released a bombshell report that states former GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker may have defrauded one of his billionaire donors out of over half a million ...
Editorial: Juneteenth celebrates freedoms belatedly won
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 3 days agoSince 2021, Louisiana has joined the federal government in recognizing Juneteenth, which...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp, the Republican incumbent trying to defeat Democrat Stacey Abrams and hold onto power in a critical swing state, lost his court battle to avoid having to testify to a ...
Georgia lawmakers taking steps to fill in pharmacy deserts across the state
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 3 days agoPharmacy deserts are hitting both rural and urban communities as many pharmacies continue to close....
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoThe margins were almost as triflin’ in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, where white women favored Herschel Walker, a man with multiple domestic abuse accusations who favored a ban on abortion ...