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Juneteenth: Breaking every chain since 1865

My First Ever Juneteenth Event: Celebrate Juneteenth Festival

Around The City, Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Featured / Albanie Lloyd

Juneteenth marks the day when Black Texans celebrated the emancipation of slavery. The celebration has spread throughout the country, and every year, there are events such as festivals, concerts, and parades to celebrate the liberation of Black Americans. In 2021, President Biden–inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020–commemorated Juneteenth as a federal holiday. […]

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How Fathers Got Their Day

Entertainment, Featured / Myles Walker

Every third Sunday in June, Americans make a special effort to show their respect, appreciation, and admiration for their fathers. The preceding weeks see ties, barbecue grills, bottles of whiskey, golf clubs, and other fatherly items fly out of stores so that their eventual recipients might feel a little extra love on the coming Father’s

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Pride Month: History & Meaning

Arts & Culture, Can I Speak Freely, Featured, Lifestyle / Audre Arnett

In the past, people who were romantically involved with the same sex were either kicked out of public places or even locked up because it was illegal. Even if they had a sick partner, they could not advocate for them when in need of medical attention. June is Pride Month, which is intended to honor

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Should Children Have A Social Media Presence?

Can I Speak Freely, Entertainment, Featured, Opinion / Albanie Lloyd

Everyone is a sucker for cute baby videos. We love watching babies walk for the first time or make a sassy remark to their parents. There’s something magical and heartwarming watching those same children grow from babies to adults. But does every piece of their growth to adulthood need to be documented on social media?

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Dancing with the Cherry Blossoms

Featured, Poetry / Abdelrahman Hussein

Your abyss is one with the most purity, dignity, and beauty Of an ocean of deep sanctity In a green dress, you wore like leaves Of a cherry blossom– it blooming in variety To you– I write my words on a paper of flames To you, I gift you the world beneath your feet Or

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Juneteenth: A Brief History Behind the Historical Holiday

Around The City, Arts & Culture, Black History, DC Culture, Entertainment, Events Calendar, Featured /

Plus, 3 Great Present-Day Ways We Can Celebrate On Monday, June 19th, a celebration and federal holiday will take place in the United States. It is a holiday that observes the official emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth marks a moment in history in which the army announced, after a long-awaited period, that approximately 250,000

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The Withered Serenade: A Flower’s Plea for Salvation

Featured, Poetry / Abdelrahman Hussein

Its stems grew numb and grey as it gasped for air. Yet with its agony came the harmony of peace, a silent melody. Soon to be a corpse washed up against the lively sediments on the shoreline, it offered the world a final smile. As the remaining whimpering breaths of torment escaped its roots, it

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Echoes of Redemption: From the Abyss to Splendor

Featured, Poetry / Abdelrahman Hussein

I found myself in a cave, a cave of seclusion. Abutted by bulwark and residue, fleeing was a ludicrous thought. Darkness encircled me, it captivated me. I shut my eyes to imitate the sensation of demise. To feel it. To sense it. To feed off of it. Perishment was my fantasy, it was desired, romanticized.

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From Rappers to Rock Stars, and Vice Versa

Black History, Entertainment / Myles Walker

If you were asked to conjure a mental image of a rock star, what would you imagine? Would you see a skinny, shaggy-haired man in a tank top shredding a solo on an electric guitar? Perhaps you’d see someone in tight pants and bombastic clothing belting their falsetto in front of a sold-out arena crowd.

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Fake News: Attack Ads

Entertainment, Fake News, Featured / Myles Walker

The content of this article is satirical and represents a work of fiction, or Fake News. The characters within are fictitious. Aired on September 2 – As a member of the Town Council, Jeff Dumont voted to impose more COVID-19 restrictions on the people of Ball, even when nearly every city and town in our parish

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