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Anita McBride: The First Ladies’ ‘Stories Need To Be Told’ | MSNBC

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 40 comments

Former Chief of Staff to Laura Bush and Director of American University’s First Ladies Initiative, Anita McBride joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the launch of […]

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Documentary Looks At The Events Leading To Tulsa Race Massacre | MSNBC

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 56 comments

The new National Geographic documentary 'Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer,' looks at the events leading to the Tulsa Massacre of 1921. The film's […]

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The Amazing Woman Behind Juneteenth’s Long Road To Becoming A National Holiday

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 33 comments

Rachel Maddow traces the personal story of 94-year-old activist Opal Lee, whose years-long crusade to make Juneteenth a national holiday was finally realized today when […]

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Sole Vote Against America’s Unending Wars, Now Lead Sponsor To Repeal AUMF

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 26 comments

Rep. Barbara Lee talks with Rachel Maddow about her longstanding opposition to open-ended authorizations for the use of military force, from her sole no vote […]

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Rep. Jackson Lee On Juneteenth: ‘America, Show The World Your Experiment Is Working’

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 38 comments

“Juneteenth—with tears in my eyes when I made that gavel—shows America and shows the world that we can accept our differences and we can establish […]

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Rep. Jackson Lee On The Juneteenth Bill Passage

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 32 comments

After the passage of a bill establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the sponsor of that bill who gaveled it's […]

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Juneteenth Federal Holiday Bill Heads To Biden’s Desk; 14 Republicans Vote No

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 57 comments

Rachel Maddow reports on the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, having already passed the Senate unanimously, passing the House and heading to President Biden's desk […]