On the Record

Juneteenth isn’t just a date on the calendar—it’s a powerful reminder that freedom isn’t free—it’s been fought for, delayed, denied, and taken back.    Juneteenth marks the day freedom finally came to Texas, when on June 19, 1865, a Union general infor Read more …

June 13 marks LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, a day to recognize the wage gap that continues to affect LGBTQIA+ communities.   According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research,    “On average, in 2021, LGBTQIA+ workers earned 90 cents per dolla Read more …

Donald Trump’s illegal mobilization of the National Guard and the Marines has nothing to do with restoring order—protests are mostly small, and peaceful—and everything to do with sowing chaos and squelching dissent.  Here’s a visual timeline from the G Read more …

Immigration Heritage Month, first established in June 2014 and observed every year since, is a time to honor and celebrate the shared diversity that connects more than 40 percent of U.S. citizens who can trace their ancestry back to immigrants, and who Read more …

On June 28, 1970, on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—six days of protest after a police raid of a popular gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village–the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Since then, J Read more …

Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the global movement his murder sparked a reckoning over police misconduct and racism that today is itself under attack.    The moves by the Justice Department to roll back police accountability agreements wi Read more …

May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for our Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR), when we work to raise awareness and honor the memory of Indigenous women who were stolen, and honor those who are still missing. It is also Read more …

This is Black Maternal Health Week, a week that celebrates the leadership and expertise of Black community-based organizations as the foundation for advancing equity and ensuring transformative, sustainable improvements in Black Maternal Health. BMHW i Read more …

April 7th is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day, the annual reminder of the persistent wage gap between men and women—specifically today between AANHPI women and white, non-Hispanic men. According to the National Read more …

March 31 is the global celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility, honoring trans and non-binary people and elevating voices and experiences from these communities. According to this background from GLAAD, “International TDOV was create Read more …