After months of infighting that exposed deep fractures within the Virginia GOP, the party’s three statewide candidates ...

What started as an effort to promote racial unity in Edenton by reconsidering its most prominent downtown symbol has done the ...

We commonly forget that the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech far beyond what is tolerated by our ...

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. For the last four years, Alabama’s current Republican governor, Kay Ivey, used her executive powers to designate Juneteenth as a state holiday. The ...

For the very first time, Alabamians are celebrating Juneteenth as an official state holiday. State offices were closed Thursday after Governor Ivey signed the new law last month. Juneteenth marks the ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on Thursday and post offices will be closed for business. Mail delivery and ...

Across the nation, some cities scaled back their Juneteenth celebrations this year. But in Philadelphia, the spirit remained ...

For beginners and those brushing up on history, here are some answers:Is Juneteenth more of a solemn day of remembrance or a party?It depends on what ... known as "Black Codes," enforced in ...

A date that speaks of freedom delayed. On that day, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced what should have already been a reality. The Emancipation Proclamation, ...

New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, but Black settlements helped the enslaved find freedom long before ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated ...