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Juneteenth is Wednesday. A reminder of some places closing for the holiday
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLarimer County government offices, including the District Attorney's Office and...courts. That means you won't be able to go to get your license plates renewed, for
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
FOX 13 Seattle· 3 days agoFor 54 years, the city of Issaquah has turned the annual salmon migration into a community-wide festival. SEATTLE (AP) - The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the ...
Military Book Review Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South
Strategy Page· 7 days agoIn this new volume, she gives us a ground-breaking, compelling, balanced, and altogether remarkable look at what she calls “the most remarkable political about-face in American history,” James ...
Juneteenth 2024: How Oklahoma's unique history still affects residents today
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Civil War ended... Treaties differed between tribal nations. For example, the treaty that was...
The New Cynicism Isn’t Like the Old Cynicism
The Atlantic· 4 days agoFor weeks leading up to January 6, 2021, I and others on the Biden campaign had been working through Donald Trump’s challenges to the 2020 presidential...
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina
US News & World Report· 2 days agoIf you want to find out how the S.C. House plans to spend $275 million on local projects undertaken by public and private organizations, you’re in luck. There’s a listing of the 328 individual ...
The New York Times and I Are Going to Have to Agree to Disagree on the January 6 Defendants
Esquire· 4 days ago“The struggle of man against power,” wrote Milan Kundera, “is the struggle of memory against...
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 5 days agoIn a quiet corner of a library at Mississippi State University, you’ll find a slim red volume that tells the story of what may be America’s first...
Mark Juneteenth by remembering the Black women who went above and beyond for the Union
Berkshire Eagle· 3 days agoToday is Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865, even though...