Seattle Juneteenth celebrations put America’s 250th birthday in perspective 27.9%
KUOW Public Radio - By Cornelius Hocker - 6/18/2026, 1:01 AM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 53.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 19.3%
As Seattleites celebrate Juneteenth this week, America’s upcoming 250th birthday highlights a contradiction at the nation’s founding: The United States of America was not a free country for all at the time. Millions of African Americans lived under chattel slavery. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ostensibly freed... more