What Juneteenth and July 4th Teach Us About True IndependenceSo as we move beyond this year’s Independence Day, may we carry forward the spirit of Juneteenth: not just to celebrate freedom, but ...

The county had no such policy until after county Department of Health workers attended the Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade in ...

Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties. Learn about the continuing effort, despite federal acknowledgment.

He may only be 11, but Roy Bishop III, of Grosse Pointe Woods, is already following in the public service footsteps of his ...

U.S. federal holiday is a designated public holiday established by federal law that is recognized across the United States. On these days, federal government offices, banks, and many businesses close, ...

If it get to the point where we — like France and Denmark — end up seriously considering cutting a holiday, my vote is for ...

Juneteenth is a better, and more historically significant, holiday than some others we celebrate in the United States, like ...

Black August, rooted in the legacy of George Jackson and Black liberation struggles, is now a month-long observance honoring Black resistance, political prisoners, and truth-telling in U.S. history.

We celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday honoring the time when Black Americans found out they were free. Coincidentally, on June 19 in Maine, this newspaper printed a story of how a white woman, ...

It was June 15, 2021. The United States Senate unanimously passed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing ...