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Condoleezza Rice: Juneteenth Is Our Second Independence Day. Plus. . .
Condoleezza Rice: Juneteenth Is Our Second Independence Day. Plus. . .
Annie Moore Schwein was born enslaved in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Dorothea Lange via Getty Images)
‘Islamism killed my partner. Why won’t the West fight it?’ We’re all living in ‘Ren Faire.’ Israel’s Eurovision contestant talks to Suzy Weiss. And more.
By Oliver Wiseman
06.19.24 — The Front Page
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Condoleezza Rice: Juneteenth Is Our Second Independence Day. Plus. . .

On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: Carine Azzopardi on the ideology that killed her partner; an exclusive interview with Eden Golan; our Ren Faire reality; and much more. 

But first, our lead story, from former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice: 

On June 19, 1865, the last slaves in the Confederacy were freed when Major General Gordon Granger ar…

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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