What Is Labor Day? A History of the Workers’ Holiday.

President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in 1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers.

After Bodies Are Found, Some Say Canada Day Is Nothing to Celebrate

Heeding calls from Indigenous people, some places have canceled plans to mark the holiday, after hundreds of children’s remains were discovered at former boarding schools for Indigenous children.

For Pride This Weekend, You Do You

There are plenty of ways to celebrate, from several grass-roots marches to a 10K run with beer tastings.

A Juneteenth of Joy and Resistance (Published 2020)

With the dual pressures of unrest and the pandemic, black chefs are contemplating the ways this holiday can help Americans cope.

Scenes From Juneteenth: America’s Newest Holiday, 156 Years in the Making

From Brooklyn to Galveston, there were scenes of joy and reflections on the meaning of the holiday. “We have to celebrate that we survived,” one man said.

Opinion | What Walmart Doesn’t Get About Juneteenth

Emancipation from slavery has been celebrated on different days in different places.

Biden Signs Law Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

The law went into effect immediately, making Friday the first federal Juneteenth holiday in American history.

These 14 House Republicans Voted Against a Juneteenth Federal Holiday

Some objected to the phrase “Independence Day” in the formal name of the holiday celebrating the end of slavery. Others said federal workers did not need another paid day off.

Juneteenth Was Supposed to Be a Holiday for N.Y.C. Workers. Not Anymore.

Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed last year that Juneteenth would be an official holiday. City workers learned this week they would not be getting a paid day off after all.

This School Board Got Rid of Columbus Day. Then Thanksgiving Went, Too.

A New Jersey school district, criticized for renaming the day for Indigenous people, eliminated the names of all holidays. It might undo that, too.

Most Americans Know Little or Nothing About Juneteenth, Poll Finds

Academics believe that increases in the number of Americans familiar with the holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., may be a result of last summer’s protests against racism.

House Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday, Sending It to Biden

The measure would designate June 19 as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. More than a dozen Republicans voted against it.

What Does It Mean to Be Crowned ‘Miss Juneteenth’?

For contestants, it’s a pageant, yes, but also a place to celebrate Black sisterhood and promote a deeper understanding of a complex holiday.