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Celebrating Juneteenth amid global outrage over systemic racism

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A child takes part in a rally as people march down Central Park West during events to mark Juneteenth amid nationwide protests against racial inequality, New York City, New York, June 19, 2020.

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Today is the Juneteenth holiday celebrating the emancipation of African Americans from slavery. The World hears from an African American woman who moved to Ghana decades ago to escape racism in the US. Also, Former US ambassador Nick Burns, who knows former National Security Adviser John Bolton from his time in government, weighs in on the veracity of some of the claims in Bolton’s forthcoming book. And, one-on-one concerts are replacing full orchestral shows in Stuttgart, Germany.

In This Episode

People with signs and raising fists
This African American in Ghana says making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a ‘small gesture.’ She urges police reform.
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Derrick Sanderlin, right, at a Black Lives Matter protest in San Jose, California, last month.
Police reform requires culture change, not just diversity, advocates say
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Calls for change to migrant housing in Singapore
Doctors Without Borders closes its Kabul operations
A woman walks past a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, March 5, 2020.
US targets Assad govt and backers with toughest sanctions yet against Syria
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Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as US President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2018.
Nicholas Burns: Bolton allegations on Trump ‘as damaging as any in modern American history’
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Indigenous leader Paulinho Paiakan takes part in an Occupy Funai protest that will shut down Funai offices throughout Brazil in Brasilia, July 13, 2016.
Paulinho Paiakan is remembered as a hero to Indigenous Brazilians
Special Coverage
Music lovers in Stuttgart get one-on-one concerts
Heavy topics, heavy beats from Brazil’s Céu