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Opinion: Juneteenth is a reminder of how far we've come
Yakima Herald-Republic· 2 days agoJuneteenth memorializes June 19, 1865, the day word of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation...
Thousands in Kenya Demonstrate Against Proposed New Taxes
US News & World Report· 4 days agoThousands of mostly young people demonstrated Thursday in Kenya’s capital and across the country against new tax proposals by the administration of President William Ruto in its annual budget ...
Louisiana orders a Ten Commandments poster in every classroom
Highlands Today· 4 days agoA poster of the Ten Commandments has been ordered to be displayed in every public school classroom...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoFor 246 years, slavery was both accepted custom and law of the land, until a brutal war between the...
Civil liberties groups to file lawsuit against new Ten Commandments law
KSLA-TV Shreveport· 3 days agoOn Wednesday, June 19, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law which requires the...
Robins Air Force Base officer sued over vaccine rule. What happens now with mandate dropped?
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt also violates their First Amendment right of free exercise and the Administrative Procedure...
Exploring Canandaigua's history: A walking tour of iconic bars and restaurants
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe tours are free but donations will be accepted. Be prepared to walk and stand for about 90...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoProclamation address, which signaled the end of slavery during the bloody Civil War. But the order...
Exploring Canandaigua's history: A walking tour of iconic bars and restaurants
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoThe tours are free but donations will be accepted. Be prepared to walk and stand for about 90...