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Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, for which ...

A roundup of events in June to celebrate Black Independence Day.

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Trump orders deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests, overriding California ...

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