How you can commemorate the recently adopted holiday, Juneteenth Juneteenth marks the day slavery ended in the U.S. more than 150 years ago, and businesses and government agencies are closed in recognition of the recently adopted federal holiday. 06/19/2024 - 10:55 am | View Link
Jrue Holiday appreciated award from Jack Black Celtics champion Jrue Holiday appreciated being named as the "Tenacious D MVP Award" by Jack Black and Kyle Gass. 06/19/2024 - 10:49 am | View Link
Kansas Gov. celebrates as 2024 marks first year of state’s Juneteenth holiday Officials in Kansas have celebrated as 2024 marks the first year of Juneteenth being commemorated as a state holiday. 06/19/2024 - 7:43 am | View Link
Colorado observes Juneteenth holiday: What’s closed Wednesday “For more than 200 years, Black Coloradans and Americans have celebrated Juneteenth, not only as an end to slavery, but also as a day that represents freedom, hope and joy. It’s about time we ... 06/19/2024 - 6:35 am | View Link
History and significance of the Juneteenth national holiday Juneteenth is a national holiday that marks the end of slavery following the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865 and has been celebrated by Black Americans for decades. Still, it wasn't until three ... 06/19/2024 - 3:20 am | View Link
What excuse will Felon 45 come up with to get out of debating President Biden? You know his handlers must be freaking out since he's got even more luggage than he did when Biden trounced him in 2016. Interestingly, It was Trump who would sniff through rallies that he held non-stop through his four-year crime spree that he called a presidency.
In what may be the worst example of MAGA’s “oppressed white people” BS yet, Newsmax host Greg Kelly suggested that fat cat Donald Trump, convicted of 34 felonies for criminally doctoring business records in order to hide from voters his affair with a porn star, is as big a victim as Emmett Till.
Till was “kidnapped, beaten, shot in the head, had a large metal fan tied to his neck with barbed wire, and was thrown into the Tallahatchie River,” as per the FBI.
John Oliver’s outlines Project 2025, the terrifying plan for a Trump second term. The Republicans created the 900 page Project 2025 and published it. The extreme GOP manifesto shows how they will eliminate our democracy.
In the "Last Week Tonight" segment, Oliver said, “Trump as president was sort of like a hamster in an attack helicopter.
Imagine if Joe Biden had said something this stupid. Here's Trump at another one of his cult rallies this Tuesday in Racine, WI, ranting about Biden and crypto:
TRUMP: To further secure America's future and create opportunity for young people I will end Joe Biden's war on crypto. We will ensure that the future of crypto and the future of Bitcoin will be made in America.
WIMBLEDON, England — Former Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber and Emma Raducanu have all been awarded wild cards for Wimbledon.
The grass-court tournament starts on July 1.
Osaka — a four-time major champion and former No. 1 player — and three-time Grand Slam winner Kerber returned from maternity leave at the start of this season.
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Currently ranked 113th, Osaka was the only player to take a set from top-ranked Iga Swiatek at the French Open and followed that up with a quarterfinal spot last week in ’s-Hertogenbosch, a warm-up event for Wimbledon.
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While Martin Luther King, Jr.’s January birthday has been a national holiday for nearly four decades, the four-year-old Juneteenth federal holiday already holds greater promise for civic education.
Precisely because a more racially contentious dynamic has unfolded around Juneteenth, this relatively recent celebration has opened the door to a focused telling of Black history.