Why the Juneteenth Federal Holiday Survived Trump’s War on DEI

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On Thursday, the United States government is pausing its ongoing transformation into the sharp instrument of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement to close for Juneteenth. June 19 has been a federal holiday since 2021, when Joe Biden signed legislation designating it as a day to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

It feels somewhat anomalous that Juneteenth has survived Trump’s return to power. After all, one of the executive orders the 47th president...