Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, has been celebrated since 1865 when news of the end of the Civil War, and thus freedom, reached enslaved people in Texas. The day recognizes the end of slavery in the United States and has been celebrated by many Black Americans for generations. It is an…
Happy Lunar New Year, and welcome to the year of the Ox! The ways in which people celebrate and refer to the Lunar New Year differ from country to country. In Vietnam it’s called Tết. In South Korea it’s Seollal (설날). In Tibet it’s Losar (ལོ་གསར་). In China it’s the Spring Festival (春节). Many Asian-Americans…