Rev. Bernice King calls for year-round action over platitudes on MLK Day America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced ...

The more relevant, and worrying, parallel may be the period from 1957 to the end of 1968, when military forces actively ...

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

President Joe Biden signed the bill on June 17, 2021, declaring Juneteenth the 11th U.S. federal holiday and the first to obtain legal observance as a federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr ...

Here’s what investors should know about trading hours on Thursday. Is the Stock Market Open or Closed on Juneteenth? The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market will ...

President Donald Trump’s order this month to activate troops in California was the first time a president has called upon the ...

U.S. stock markets will be closed on Thursday to observe Juneteenth after the NYSE and Nasdaq adopted the day as a new market holiday in 2022. The U.S. bond market, and the metals and commodities ...

Applications are being processed by the city of Midland for the 2025-26 Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). Grants are ...

Juneteenth has been sacred to Black communities across the country. It celebrates June 19, 1865 — the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, found out they were freed. It happened after the end ...

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is seen with the Washington Monument, during the 9th Annual Wreath Laying and Day of Reflection and Reconciliation, in Washington, Monday, Jan.20, 2020.

President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first term but now it's gone.

Martin Luther King Jr bust and Trump in Oval Office – via Grok AI The decision to move King’s bust has drawn sharp criticism. The NAACP, a leading civil rights organization, announced it will ...