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Louisiana's new law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms churns old political conflicts
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 7 hours agoA bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
UPI· 1 day agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Supreme Court dropping decisions on guns, abortion, Trump immunity and more in coming days
USA Today· 7 hours agoThe Supreme Court in the coming days will issue a flurry of potentially blockbuster decisions on gun...
Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks | CNN Politics
CNN.com· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoJuneteenth is the holiday of delay and denial. It is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its...
After U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow bump stocks, U.S. Senate rejects bill to ban them
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts blocked a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would ban bump stocks...
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe next year, newly freed people in Texas organized “Jubilee Day” on June 19, 1866. Celebrations continued on this day for decades, and in 1979,...
What is Juneteenth?
Branson Tri-Lakes News· 6 days agoJuneteenth, short for June nineteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas freeing all enslaved people. Also known as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, Juneteenth ...
After U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow bump stocks, U.S. Senate rejects bill to ban them
Nevada Current via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPolicy, politics and progressive commentary WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts blocked a...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 2 days agoMore than 150 years later, it took a concerted effort by members of the Congressional Black Caucus,...
