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Major League Baseball needs more African-American players, less Juneteenth grandstandingCorporate America is trying to ruin Juneteenth — like the “Swag Surf” and countless things before it. It’s the reason why Gayle King had to joke about how “the only white guy at the table is off today,” on Monday’s episode of CBS Mornings. And why Major League Baseball — a sport that consistently er...

Another Juneteenth, and America still doesn't get itFor the third time on Monday, the United States of America will acknowledge Juneteenth as a federal holiday. President Joe Biden signed the declaration into law two days before the holiday in 2021. Now as America enters its third nationwide Juneteenth celebration — three years after George Floyd’s d...

Juneteenth is being hijacked from African-AmericansThere’s nothing on Earth that gets stolen from more than Black culture. From our bodies being taken from Africa to every part of our identities being appropriated and fawned over, as infuriating as it may be, it makes sense that America would want to steal our joy, too. It’s why a white-ass team in ...

Bill Russell, an OG in the Fight for Equality, Swats Down Trump's Nonsense

Bill Russell is no stranger to the fight for equality....