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“#The Open Source Afro Hair Library” One of the biggest gripes for African/Black gamers is the continued lack of options when it comes to hair in gaming. So when I hear that Oakland-based artist and UC Santa Cruz assistant professor A.M. Darke decided to take matters into her own hands and create an open-source afro…
“#Salute the American Revolution’s enduring legacy” It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by the New York Times 1619 project as a fight to preserve slavery. Juneteenth, a worthy event in its own right, is considered by some as a candidate to replace July 4, marking a supposedly more palatable…
“#NAACP slams Ikea’s Juneteenth menu apology as ’empty’” Ikea’s apology for its controversial Juneteenth-themed lunch menu is leaving a bad taste in the mouth of Georgia’s black community leaders. An Atlanta branch of the Swedish big box store is under fire this week for what employees denounced as a highly offensive “special menu” curated to celebrate…
“#IKEA Juneteenth menu of watermelon, fried chicken sparks outrage” An attempt to honor Juneteenth has backfired spectacularly for one Georgia Ikea. An Atlanta branch of the Scandinavian furniture chain has sparked outrage with what employees are calling an intensely problematic menu curated to celebrate the holiday, which marks the emancipation of the very last enslaved…
“#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021” The Issue: Parents in Queens who feel forced to pull their kids out of endlessly failing city public schools. We have tried with no success to improve our public schools for decades — mostly by pouring more and more money into the system (“Demanding Schools That Work,”…
“#What to watch on Juneteenth, from docs to ‘Black Panther’” Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of African Americans who had been enslaved. Historically the day, now a federal holiday, commemorates the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas — the last Southern holdout state — on June 19, 1865. Whether you want to learn more about…
“#On Juneteenth, remember those who paved the way for slavery’s extinction” This week, the Senate unanimously passed a bill declaring Juneteenth a national holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865, when a Union general informed the last enslaved people in Texas that, thanks to the 13th Amendment, they were free. This was the denouement of a long…
“#SEC closes for Juneteenth, markets to remain open” The Securities and Exchange Commission will remain closed Friday in observance of the new federal holiday Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the US, the agency announced. That means publicly traded companies will not be able to submit filings to the SEC, barring them from…
“#Congress passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday” Enlarge Image (Left to right) Rep. Danny Davis, Sen. Ed Markey, Steve Williams, president of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation and Sen. Tina Smith celebrate the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act at the Capitol on June 16, 2021. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty…
“#Juneteenth to be recognized as official NY holiday starting next year” ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday signed legislation making Juneteenth — the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States — a recognized holiday in New York State. “I am incredibly proud to sign into law this legislation declaring Juneteenth an official holiday in…