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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 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...
Explainer-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day? By Reuters
Investing.com· 3 days agoIt became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden....
How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’
Scientific American· 1 day agoOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy...
Americans used to unite over tragic events — and now are divided by them
Tampa Bay Times· 2 hours agoSexual assaults — primarily of women — by abusive executives and other men in positions of power...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 2 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
More blue cities using drones instead of police for some 911 calls, expert says: 'They can't get...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoMore blue city police departments are embracing the use of drones to carry out police work, with...
Once nicknamed ‘Murderapolis,’ the city that became the center of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThat’s just a few shy of the total killings in 1995, when the city earned the nickname...
Tate: Swapping cops with social workers dangerous idea
Boston Herald· 3 days agoYou call 9-11, but all that’s available are unarmed social workers. Cambridge is creating a social...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThough it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 4 days agoThe murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin sparked a racial reckoning across the United ...