Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Tag: Juneteenth

Juneteenth for white folk

Is Juneteenth the national holiday going to fix the disparate outcomes for black people in education, health, income, wealth, home ownership, death by police, imprisonment, unemployment, and other inequities?

Federal workers to receive Friday off to observe Juneteenth

“This is an important step forward for our country.”

Juneteenth: A celebration of black liberation & day to remember “horrific...

Juneteenth is “much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented,” increased recognition of the day “provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of this horrific system that was slavery.”

Juneteenth 2019: The US must repair historic and current racism

On this Juneteenth, we must confront the impacts of racism dating back to the founding of the United States with the slave...

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Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”

Turning shuttered coal mines into solar plants could add 300 GW of renewable energy...

“The legacy of coal is written into the land, but that legacy does not have to define the future."

New report predicts abandoned coal mines turned into solar farms could add 300 GW...

These solar projects could equal 15 percent of the solar that's already been built globally and help triple renewables before the end of the decade.
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The 10 steps to impeach a president

This isn’t to say Trump couldn’t or won’t be impeached. Only that it’s a long and drawn-out process.

Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...

Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.