”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar.
An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party.
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Two months after the end of the Civil War, Union troops went to Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to free over 250,000 enslaved people and enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.
They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes
Talarico: Dan Patrick has spent decades selling out the sick and the poor and the vulnerable, all to enrich his donors. And now he's accusing me of blasphemy. Love sometimes feels blasphemous when you worship power.
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Power to the People, Y’all, a documentary about the Black Panther Party in North Carolina, explores what that means in practice
David Todd - always droll, always serious - is incandescent here.
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The fight against HIV/AIDS across Africa was one of the most successful and bipartisan efforts by President Bush.
And Trump is dismantling it.
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As we celebrate Juneteenth, we honor the power and resilience of Black Americans throughout American history.
Today is an opportunity to reflect on the progress we’ve made in the fight for freedom and justice, and a reminder that our work is far from over.
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In Galveston and across our nation, Juneteenth celebrates freedom for the enslaved. However, there has been no reconciliation for more than 240 years of enslavement, and there can be no reconciliation without reparations. Justice demands reparations.
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The Marquis de Morès was an extraordinary villain in an epoch crowded with the vile and the louche. After he killed a...
Ukrainian drone strikes on the Moscow refinery didn't happen by accident. That billowing black smoke is the result of years of planning, plus European money. I wrote about Ukraine's long-range drone project last September:
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Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands.
