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Juneteenth
August 11, 2025
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William Sturkey
Trump’s White Nationalist Vision for the Future of History
The administration is using the tools of the state to influence—even poison—how America’s racial history will be taught in our public forums and schools.
June 19, 2025
Tori Otten
Here’s Anti-DEI King Pete Hegseth’s Plan for Marking Juneteenth
It’s shocking that Hegseth hasn’t cancelled Juneteenth altogether.
June 19, 2024
Thom Hartmann
On Juneteenth, Let’s Examine the Link Between MAGA and the Old South
We face a second insurrection in this country today, and most people have no idea how closely it’s modeled on the first one.
June 14, 2021
Magazine
Kerri Greenidge
How Deep Is America’s Reckoning with Racism?
Juneteenth is an opportunity to recover the possibilities of history
June 19, 2020
Jo Livingstone
In
Miss Juneteenth,
a Mother’s Dream Deferred
A debut film from Channing Godfrey Peoples set in Forth Worth, Texas, tenderly explores themes of beauty, family, and inequality.
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