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King's Birthday Honours: How does the UK honours system work?
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoOthers reported to have turned down an honour include David Bowie, Nigella Lawson, Dawn French and...
What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoReturn to America In January 1846, Douglass left Ireland to lecture in Scotland and England. While...
Project 2025’s threat to democracy
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoAccording to an NBC News report last month, voters must decide a multitude of issues about Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the independent presidential...
LIST: Juneteenth events in Central Florida
WOFL via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough the festivities will end on June 19 in Eatonville, there will be several other Juneteenth events happening around Central...June 15, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.-Winter Park ...
Juneteenth in Orlando: Celebrate with special events
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn June 19, Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day — marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States.
Everything we know about Gladiator II so far
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe original 2000 film followed Russell Crowe’s Roman general, who ended up in slavery after the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, played by the late...
Lake County’s Juneteenth celebration continues to grow; ‘A recognition … of the time we decreed all...
Chicago Tribune· 24 hours agoJune 19 — was first recognized as a legal holiday locally in 2019, and nationally in 2021. With...
The British Countryside’s Forgotten History of Slavery
Foreign Policy Magazine· 6 days agoHere, giant cliffs face the sea; beyond it lies the Atlantic and North America. Today this is an...
Prime Video: The 32 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch
CNET· 5 hours agoHere are some highly rated series to check out, plus a look at what's new in June.
Looking Back: New Hampshire Sen. John P. Hale Joins the Republican Party
New Hampshire Union Leader· 6 days agoIn 1855, when former U.S. Sen. John P. Hale of Dover was elected to fill the unexpired Senate term...