A majority of Americans will not be celebrating Juneteenth this year, according to a poll conducted exclusively for Newsweek. President Joe Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday in 2021. The holiday marks the date—June 19, 1865—when the last enslaved people in the United States learned of their […]
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Stormy 2022 is gone as world welcomes 2023
The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-COVID normality in Asia. It was a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine, economic stresses and the effects of global warming. […]