Social Issues

A documentary from the Humankind series about post Civil War America called “The Freed People” by David Freudberg.

With Juneteenth now recognized as a federal holiday, host Angela Davis checked in on four different ways Minnesotans are celebrating Juneteenth.

In her new book, historian Carol Anderson says the Second Amendment is more about keeping guns away from Black people than enshrining a right to bear arms in the U.S. Constitution.

Many Americans are relaxing precautions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and resuming everyday activities, even as some worry that coronavirus-related restrictions were hastily lifted, a new poll shows.

Music offers freedom. Freedom of expression — a way to rejoice and to mourn, to offer comfort, to call for change.

Kiese Laymon, author of “Heavy and Long Division,” recommends five "incisive and innovative" books on social justice for Juneteenth.

"We can all finally celebrate. The whole country together," says Opal Lee, 94, who has been working for years to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The House passed a bill 415-14 on Wednesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday.

A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic. That could spell trouble not just for a post-pandemic economic recovery but for the long-term stability of the country as baby boomers continue to retire.

“The Power of Nonviolence,” a documentary from the Humankind series produced by David Freudberg.