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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’
Scientific American· 4 days agoOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
AOL· 6 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across ...
What to Know About Jamaal Bowman’s Bitter Democratic Primary Race
New York Times· 9 hours agoMr. Bowman faces George Latimer in a House primary in New York that will test the party’s views on...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoDonald Williams, who was a vital witness in the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer three years ...
Phoenix police problems are too deep to fix without a judge's oversight
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDuring the 2020 protests that grew out of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Phoenix officers ...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 5 days agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...
Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement...
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThat’s just a few shy of the total killings in 1995, when the city earned the nickname...
IMPD: 1 shot, killed on Indy’s near north side
FOX 59 Indianapolis· 8 hours agoINDIANAPOLIS – Police are investigating a person was shot and killed early Monday morning on Indy’s near north side. According to the Indianapolis...
No, Brittney Griner has not been kicked off Team USA | Fact check
USA Today· 3 days agoA June 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of WNBA player Brittney Griner...