#United Kingdom

#United Kingdom

Juneteenth is a bittersweet holiday that marks the day when, on June 19, 1865, the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston found out they were free - two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that was issued to end slavery.Though this is only the third year the holiday has been federally recognized (President Joe Biden signed it into law in June 2021), Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, or Freedom Day, has been celebrated by Houstonians for decades.

Special counsel Jack Smith returned an historic indictment against former President Donald Trump that was unsealed Friday, the first time that a former president has been charged with crimes in federal court.Trump faces a total of 37 counts, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information.

Dezeen School Shows: a plant-filled co-working space and a sculpture representing the financial struggles faced by transgender people are included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of Plymouth.Also included is a light installation informed by the shape of a fish and a project that challenges human-centric perspectives of architecture.

As the walls of global climate apartheid solidify, the barriers to climate refugees intensify, and "ecofascist" mass killings multiply, the enduring acceptability of fascist politics is disturbingly apparent in the amazing reincarnation of India's far right Hindu nationalist (Hindutva) regime on the world stage.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Emmanuel Macron, president of France, on the second day of the G7 summit.Michael Kappeler / picture alliance / Getty Images Since Group of Seven leaders on Saturday put out a wide-ranging communiqué from a Japan-hosted summit in Hiroshima, climate action advocates from G7 countries and beyond have blasted the statement's support for future investments in planet-heating gas.