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Michelle Obama headlined a Fort Worth celebration honoring Dr. Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," on her 100th birthday, raising funds for the National Juneteenth Museum.

ICE leadership has directed agents to increase daily immigration arrests to 3,000, up from roughly 2,000, aiming for 19,000 weekly arrests despite DHS denying quotas exist. The push comes amid growing Republican unease over targeting undocumented immigrants without criminal records, expanded detention infrastructure needs, and tightened vehicle stop protocols following controversial shootings during enforcement operations.

New research shows 70 percent of Americans struggle affording housing, food, health care, and childcare, with Black and Hispanic households hit hardest. Despite record median income, racial and gender pay gaps persist, while soaring childcare costs—often exceeding rent or mortgages—deepen financial strain across working and middle-class families nationwide.

Fat's Chicken and Waffles, owned by Erika White, has served Southern and New Orleans-inspired soul food in Seattle's Central District since 2015. Known for scratch-made biscuits, chicken and waffles, and a loyal decade-long staff, the restaurant embodies family and community. Now featured in The Seattle Medium's Pack the House campaign supporting Black-owned restaurants.

Washington may receive over $12 million from a proposed $400 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals, accused of conspiring to inflate generic drug prices. Attorney General Nick Brown joined 43 states seeking court approval. Consumers and businesses who purchased affected drugs between May 2009 and December 2019 may qualify for compensation via AGGenericDrugs.com.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a First Amendment appeal from two middle school students who were ordered to remove sweatshirts emblazoned with the words “Let’s Go Brandon,” steering clear of a case that could have clarified the power schools have to police potentially offensive speech in the classroom.

Growing outrage over how Cornell University handled rape allegations from a student in 2024 has stretched across the country, from sexual abuse survivors to students on campus and now to the school’s president.

The FBI opened preliminary investigations targeting anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in Southern California, a former FBI intelligence official alleged in a whistleblower complaint, adding that she believed the move violated the law and agency policy.

At the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s conference, authors Victor Simmons, Phill Branch, Ada Taylor and Calvin Stovall discussed strengthening Black economic power, arguing responsibility extends beyond consumer spending to corporate supply chains, institutional accountability, collaboration among Black businesses, financial education, and stronger business practices needed to keep wealth circulating within Black communities.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Monday in one of the most important climate change cases to reach its docket in years, a multibillion-dollar effort to hold major oil companies like ExxonMobil liable for the damages caused by planet-warming pollution.