National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd Jr. on fighting discriminationNational Black Farmers Association President John Boyd Jr. talks about...
What is Juneteenth, America's newest federal holiday?Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. It became a federal holiday in 2021.Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and became a federal holiday in 2021. Here's what to know about the holiday and what businesses will be open and closed on that day.June 19, 1865 is known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day when slaves in Galveston Texas learned of their freedom following the President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War.Juneteenth celebrations and...
Small-cap stocks were hammered in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the stage looks set for a rebound this June.The small-cap track record has been grim recently: the Russell 2000 has seen its worst streak of underperformance relative to the S&P 500 since the dot-com era, and this past May marked the sixth-worst year-to-date performance since 1990. Evercore ISI Small caps, initially perceived as a clear winner of the Trump trade following the election, have emerged as the biggest losers of the trade war. With tariff concerns top-of-mind,...