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Juneteenth 2026: A Day of Activism or Observance?

Juneteenth, equal rights and the heritage of ALL Americans

New York Post (Opinion)

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'Not a day off': For Juneteenth, some faith leaders promote political causes

Religion News Service

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama's presidential center opens in Chicago

Associated Press

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
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Education Dept. Offloads Special Ed, Civil Rights Responsibilities to Other Agencies

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DOJ Charges Civil Rights Group With Fraud, Alleges Payments to Extremist Groups

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March 22nd, 2022
Debates on Defining 'Racism' Follow White House, Progressives Feud

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Henry A. Brechter

July 19th, 2019
Black Lives, Blue Lives Part IV: Resolutions

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Black Lives, Blue Lives Part IV: Resolutions

Beth Ballentine

September 27th, 2016

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Federal Judge Halts Dismissal Of Employees Working On DEI From Intel Agencies

The Daily Caller

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Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death

PolitiFact

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Civil Rights History

CBS News (Online)

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OPINION: 4 Ideas That Could Begin to Reform the Criminal Justice System and Improve Police-Community Relations

Center For American Progress

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Balanced News about Civil Rights on AllSides

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As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama's presidential center opens in Chicago

Associated Press

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Trump admin further cuts Ed Dept, moves special ed, civil rights

USA TODAY

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
FBI: SPLC paid informants without donors knowing. Feds pay them too

USA TODAY

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

New York Times (News)

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial 'pathfinder,' dies at 84

CNN Digital

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North Korean teenagers 'executed for watching Squid Game' as regime wages war on TV and pop music

The Independent

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U.S. News Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says

Associated Press

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Ex-Louisville officer sentenced to 33 months in relation to Breonna Taylor’s killing

Washington Post

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Trump-appointed judge rebuffs DOJ over 'incongruous and inappropriate' sentencing memo

AlterNet

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time

Associated Press

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
'Not a day off': For Juneteenth, some faith leaders promote political causes

Religion News Service

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Trump takes special education, civil rights oversight away from Education Department

The Hill

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
DOJ Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center for Secretly Funding Extremists

Reason

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Jesse Jackson Jr. Takes Swipe at Biden, Obama After Memorial Service

Newsweek

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at age 84

The Hill

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
North Korea executes citizens for watching South Korean TV, Amnesty report says

United Press International

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
The Christian Curriculum Teaching Civil Rights to a New Generation

Christianity Today

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Do unauthorized immigrants have constitutional rights?

Gigafact

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Breonna Taylor Case: Judge Gives Ex-Cop Nearly 3 Years, Rebukes Trump's DOJ

Newsweek

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

The Hill

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Juneteenth, equal rights and the heritage of ALL Americans

New York Post (Opinion)

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
Trump orders Education Department to shift key responsibilities out of agency

Washington Examiner

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Southern Poverty Law Center Allegedly Paid Informant Involved in Planning 'Unite the Right' Rally in Charlottesville

National Review (News)

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Dems face reckoning after putting deceased labor leader on pedestal as sexual abuse allegations emerge

Fox News Digital

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Advocates work to reconcile Cesar Chavez's labor rights legacy with sexual abuse allegations

Washington Times

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Congressional Bill H.R. 4323 and H.R. 6938 Signed into Law

Whitehouse.gov

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Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

Townhall

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, has died at 84

Washington Times

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North Korea 'executes children in public for watching Squid Game and listening to K-pop giants BTS'

Daily Mail

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Newsom files civil rights complaint with HHS against Dr Oz

Just The News

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right