by Brea Cubit Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were officially declared president-elect and vice president-elect on Nov. 7, and many people – nationally and internationally – are celebrating the country’s…
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Biden defeats Trump for White House, says ‘time to heal’
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday and…
Voters favor Biden on virus, Trump on economy
AP VoteCast: By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged…
Reparations for Slavery
How to do it by Troy Henry BACKGROUND Upon arrival in America, Black Americans were enslaved for several hundred years. And the impact of this systematic and institutional practice still…
What to know about Juneteenth
The emancipation holiday By Daniella Silva Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, will be celebrated by Black Americans this Saturday amid a national reckoning…
12 Things You Might Not Know About Juneteenth
BY STACY CONRADT There’s more than one Independence Day in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that slaves were now free.…