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‘Juneteenth means freedom’: One-on-one with the ‘grandmother of Juneteenth’

June 19, 2022 34 comments

CNN's Don Lemon sits down with Opal Lee, a 95-year-old woman who helped lead the fight to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, about what the […]

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Pentagon holds press briefing to discuss situation in Afghanistan | USA TODAY

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 29 comments

In the hours after Thursday's bombings near Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport, evacuations of Americans and their allies restarted, an effort to get out as […]

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President Biden delivers remarks on COVID-19 vaccination efforts | USA TODAY

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 60 comments

President Joe Biden says that requiring all federal workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is “under consideration," as the delta variant spreads across the U.S. […]

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President Biden Delivers Remarks on Continued Drawdown Efforts in Afghanistan | USA TODAY

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 30 comments

President Biden signs the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law marking the end of slavery in the United States, as a federal holiday. RELATED: […]

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Voting Rights Are Being Restored For Millions Of Former Felons | MSNBC

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 35 comments

Activist Desmond Meade calls it the “Juneteenth Effect.” States across the country have been expanding access to voting rights for formerly incarcerated persons – but […]

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Sen. Jeff Merkley Leads Renewed Effort To Revise the 13th Amendment

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 40 comments

As President Biden signed a bill this week making Juneteenth a federal holiday, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams reintroduced legislation to […]

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What You Need To Know About Juneteenth

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 43 comments

Juneteenth has long been a fixture in Black communities. But if it’s new to you, we’re here to help. NBC’s Joshua Johnson explains the origins […]

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GOP Hides Behind Hysteria of Critical Race Theory on First Juneteenth

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 41 comments

MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton notes and analyses the Republican efforts to hide from conversations about the racist history of the United States with critiques about […]