Commentary With the creation of June 19th (“Juneteenth”) as a federal holiday, Democrats have one more claim to be the party of civil rights and equal opportunity for African Americans, though most Republicans also voted for the holiday. That claim has been promoted for decades by a compliant media, academia, and high-profile politicians, but the facts say…
CDC Delays Emergency Meeting on Post-Vaccination Heart Inflammation Due to Juneteenth
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has pushed back an emergency meeting on post-vaccination heart inflammation seen in Americans, primarily young people, because of a new federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed a bill on Thursday making Juneteenth a new holiday. Shortly afterwards, the CDC said its June 18 meeting “is being rescheduled due…
The Untold History of Juneteenth
Commentary Proponents of critical race theory are peddling the falsehood that America’s history is rife with inherent racism, all the way back to the first settlers’ arrival on our shores. This movement has gained so much steam that even a sitting U.S. senator, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), claimed that the “United States didn’t inherit slavery…
Biden Signs Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation making Juneteenth, June 19, the 11th federal paid holiday, after the bill was approved by both chambers of Congress. “Juneteenth marks both the long, hard night of slavery and subjugation, and the promise of a brighter morning to come. This is a day of profound—in my view—profound weight…
Congress Passes Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday, Sends to Biden’s Desk
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill making June 19—Juneteenth—a federal holiday to mark the end of slavery in the United States, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The measure, S. 475, passed on a vote of 415-14 in the chamber. It comes a day after it passed through the Senate with…
Senate Approves Bill That Would Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
The Senate on Tuesday approved a resolution that would add Juneteenth to the slate of federal holidays. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the Senate floor in Washington asked for unanimous consent, which avoids a recorded vote but enables a single senator to block a bill. No senators objected. The resolution designates June 19 as…
NYC Schools To Replace Columbus Day with Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day
Public school students in New York City on Oct. 11 will be celebrating Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day, and Juneteenth will become a school holiday for the first time, the city’s education official announced Tuesday. In the 2021–2022 school year calendar released Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11 was originally labelled…
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