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Juneteenth honors freedom amid possible Indiana graveyard extinction

Today is Juneteenth, the federal holiday recognizing this date in 1865 when slaves in Texas were told they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. […]

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Illinois study finds youths of color have fewer summer job offers
Ohio House bill to ban hair discrimination passes committee despite opposition from three bald Republicans

Ohio House Bill 178, or Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (CROWN), passed out of the Ohio House Civil Justice Committee with a 9-3 vote on Tuesday.

Glenn Grothman says feminist and Black Lives Matter goals are to ‘get the man out of the family’

During an appearance on the "Hometown Broadcasting Podcast" Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) said that the goal of the feminism and Black Lives Matter movements are to “get the man out of the family.”

Hovde belittles Native Americans, says socialism is to blame for alcoholism, depression rates

During a radio interview in 2017, Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde said that Native Americans have high alcoholism and depression rates because of their “quasi-socialist system” of government.

Missouri judge allows honorary KKK member to stay on ballot

Last Friday, Cole County Circuit Cour Judge Cotton Walker allowed honorary Klu Klux Klan member Darrell McClanahan to remain on the ballot for Missouri’s gubernatorial election, despite the Missouri Republican Party’s objections.

New U.S. race, ethnicity standards include Middle Eastern, North African
Tennessee reparations ban bill set for vote today
Oklahoma Republican with ties to white nationalism ousted from city council

On Tuesday, voters in Enid, Okla. decided to remove City Council member Judd Blevins in a special election that was spurred by the official’s affiliations with white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.

Report: GOP abandoned a Hispanic outreach center in Milwaukee, will now become ice cream shop

Amidst the Republican National Committee slashing funding for Hispanic outreach centers across the county, one former center in Milwaukee is set to become an ice cream shop.

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