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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
GOP hopeful's plan for 'ungrateful' people who demand reparations
Daily Mail· 4 days agoValentina Gomez, a 25-year-old property investor, in a video tweet slammed Juneteenth, Black Lives...
“Fly Me to the Moon”’s Jim Rash Recalls a Fan Asking for a Selfie… Because She Thought He Was...
People via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoThe actor and Oscar-winning co-writer of 'The Descendants,' who is one of PEOPLE's 100 Reasons to...
On Juneteenth, one man’s unwavering quest for reparations
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoBelow the blazing sun on Juneteenth, Howard Ray flagged down cars stopped at a red light by a corner...
Charity thanks community as £35,000 raised at extra‘oar’dinary dragon boat event
Peterborough Matters via Yahoo News UK· 15 hours agoWinners on the water included 'Kan Do Heverything' from KDH Projects who scooped first place in the...
Column: Is Kevin de León's push to honor Black L.A. history heartfelt, or cynical?
LA Times via Yahoo News UK· 15 hours agoThat same stretch of land is known today as Bruce's Beach, which made headlines after the County of...
Olympic legends: from Steve Redgrave to Usain Bolt - Part 4
AFP via Yahoo Sport· 24 hours agoAFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have...
How a Cake Became a National Obsession
New York Times· 10 hours agoFor many Jamaicans, lychee cake is the taste of celebration. Its origin tells the history of Chinese immigration to the Caribbean island. During the...
Shailene Woodley Isn’t Worried About the Planet. She’s Worried About You.
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoIt seems odd to call someone who is just 32 years old a “longtime environmentalist.” And Shailene...
All the major upcoming Disney and Pixar releases in order
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoThank goodness the Descendants universe will deliver just that. As a spin-off to the beloved Disney...