JUNETEENTH
You may recognize this entry from Juneteenths in the past when I posted it with a different picture. Therefore, you will be surprised to know that Juneteenth never existed before. […]
You may recognize this entry from Juneteenths in the past when I posted it with a different picture. Therefore, you will be surprised to know that Juneteenth never existed before. […]
David Ritcheson, a Latino 16-year-old who was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted after trying to kiss a white girl at a party in Texas, testifies before Congress in support of […]
I have a Canadian friend who frequently asks me why I am so worried about people losing the right to vote even though they are legally able to do so. […]
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by […]
It’s the Fourth of July and we’re celebrating freedom today and I have to comment on something I just learned. In Texas “in 2011, a law which bans voter registration drives […]
As you may know, I am a great supporter of the right to vote. The movement to make voting more difficult frightens me. Dionne’s editorial makes the movement clear: “An attack on the right to vote is under way across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper.
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by […]