Joy as resistance: Reclaiming Juneteenth in a time of backlash

By Cicley Gay Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, was meant to symbolize a national reckoning with history and a celebration of freedom when President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan legislation into law in 2021. Yet, just a few years later, we find Juneteenth events canceled in cities across Indiana, Illinois and Oregon, as backlash against […]