holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865
Matthew Continetti assesses leading Democrats’ response to recent activity in the Middle East. President Trump heard from many people before ordering last weekend’s strike on Iran’s nuclear program. Israeli prime…
Jeffrey Anderson writes for the Federalist about a disturbing promotion of this week’s federal holiday. It has long been clear that the leftist activists who succeeded in getting “Juneteenth” added…
Rich Lowry of National Review Online ponders “the greatest revolution the world has ever known.” It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by the New…
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on the state Senate’s new budget plan. A new CJ Opinion explores a 4-3 state Supreme Court decision involving a speeding driver relying…
Here is an announcement of the Juneteenth declaration printed in the Galveston Daily News on Wednesday, June 21, 1865.
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The News & Observer quoted Becki Gray in an article about the General Assembly’s film incentive debate. The N.C. Spin website and NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Gray’s column on North Carolina’s need…
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A mob of black youths killed a Hispanic man in Austin, Tex., the other day, but it wasn’t a hate crime. That’s according to a police commander: “It’s not a…
The traditional date of ?Juneteenth? ? when black slaves in Texas first heard about their emancipation ? is tomorrow.