World Press Freedom Day- In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 3 May as World Press Freedom Day following a recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO’s General Conference in ...

"Juneteenth means freedom, and I mean for everybody..." On Juneteenth, there is a special sense of pride for many Black people, and especially Texans. The holiday, which falls on June 19, commemorates ...

Two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln delivered his monumental Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops, led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, rushed into Galveston Bay, Texas to inform over 250,000 ...

Saturday is World Press Freedom Day, a day designated by the UN General Assembly to underscore the vital role of the free press. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the One Free Press Coalition has ...

A group of Australian lawmakers wrote to President Biden on World Press Freedom Day urging him to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as press freedom groups call for the release ...

Juneteenth is described as America's second Independence Day or Freedom Day, commemorating the end of slavery in Texas. The holiday gained national prominence in 2020 following protests against racial ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Erie's Juneteenth celebrations will occur over the June 13 weekend leading up to June 19, or Freedom Day. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of ...