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Chicago Tribune
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Thousands attend Waukegan Juneteenth celebration; ‘This is our day to … celebrate our freedom'
More than 1,000 people — many wearing clothing related to a message of freedom — lined a nearly two-mile stretch of Washington Street in Waukegan Saturday, watching bands, drill teams, dancers and other participants in Lake County's inaugural Juneteenth parade. Dorothy Fullilove wore a shirt with a bold '1865' printed on it, signifying the year slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned they were no longer someone else's property two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery. 'It's when everyone was free,' Fullilove said. 'This is our day to remember what happened and celebrate our freedom.' 'It's great to see a lot of people out here,' added Kathryn Young. 'We're here to remember what happened long ago.' Young and Fullilove were among the more than 1,000 people watching Lake County's inaugural Juneteenth parade, and over 3,500 participating in the Juneteenth Lake County Parade and Festival Saturday in Waukegan, celebrating the June 19 Juneteenth holiday. Sylvia England, the founder of the African American Museum at the England Manor in Waukegan and one of the festivities' organizers, said the events were held Saturday rather than on the holiday itself to give as many people as possible an opportunity to partake. The museum's van led the parade. 'There was a lot of engagement,' England said. 'I felt like our ancestors created the path, and we literally rode down it. We had people from the very young to the very old. It was a street festival. The community could come outside and socialize.' Becoming a local holiday five years ago when the Waukegan Park District, the city of Waukegan, Waukegan Township and Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 passed resolutions, and a national holiday the year afterwards, Juneteenth celebrations have grown in recent years. After a countywide festival last year in North Chicago, the parade was new in 2025, as well as the selection of a Mr. Juneteenth, Truth Thurman, a 2025 Waukegan High School graduate, and Ms. Juneteenth, Jamira Johnson, a Warren Township High School sophomore. Thurman, who will attend the Milwaukee School of Engineering in the fall, said he hopes to be an ambassador to young African Americans. He considered his selection an honor as he and Johnson rode together in a convertible in the parade. 'I want to be able to show who we are as a people,' Thurman said. A member of the Black Student Union at Warren, Johnson said she learned of the opportunity to become Ms. Juneteenth through the organization. She submitted a video to festival organizers explaining what the opportunity would mean to her. 'Juneteenth is a special day, and I am proud to represent the young people,' she said. Brandon Ewing, a former District 60 Board of Education president and another event organizer, said he is happy with the way the celebration of Juneteenth has grown each year in Lake County. 'This is important for culture and community to have this celebration,' he said. 'We are showcasing Black achievements and Black potential. We want this to help lead to peace in our community.' Among the people walking in the parade was state Sen. Adriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove. For her, the message of Juneteenth is freedom, not just the liberation of slaves, but for everyone, which brings 'resilience' to the community. 'Juneteenth is also about strength, resilience and triumph for the Black community,' she said. Waukegan Township Supervisor Marc Jones, who walked in the parade with other township personnel, said he is happy to see the growth of the Juneteenth holiday in the city and throughout Lake County. 'This is about unity, freedom and equality,' he said. 'It is something we should all be able to enjoy.' Anton Mathews, a member of the Park District's Board of Commissioners and its past president, marched along Washington Street as well. He is proud of the fact that the Park District was the first governmental entity to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. 'It is a testament to the awareness of the day that so many people are now able to enjoy it,' Mathews said. 'It's about unity and freedom, something we should all enjoy.' Starting as the parade ended was the Juneteenth Festival with 10 food trucks and 27 vendors representing merchants, other businesses and community organizations on two blocks of Genesee Street, as well as a soundstage. People filled the streets and lined the sidewalks, partaking of not just the food trucks but refreshments offered by the restaurants and bars along the street. Unable to attend the parade or festival this year was Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham. He was attending the U.S. Mayors Conference in Tampa, which ended Sunday. He called the decision to go there rather than celebrate with the community, 'difficult but necessary.' 'In this time of uncertain funding and rapid change, it was important to be in the room with other city leaders from across the country — sharing strategies, learning best practices, and advocating for resources that will ultimately benefit our community, including how we support and celebrate events like Juneteenth in the future,' Cunningham said in an email.
The Advertiser
15-06-2025
- Business
- The Advertiser
Global doom and gloom sinks Aussie economic optimism
Tariffs and global conflict have knocked Australians' optimism in the economy and trust in the US to 20-year lows, a long-running poll by an independent think tank shows. Since it began in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll of Australians' attitudes to the world has never been so bleak. Trade turmoil and ongoing cost-of-living pressures were having a negative impact on household confidence even before President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced on April 2, after the survey had been in the field. A little over half of respondents (52 per cent) said they were optimistic about Australia's economic performance over the next five years, the least since the poll began in 2005 and in line with attitudes during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Young Australians aged 18-29 felt the least optimistic about the economy, while Labor voters were more confident than Liberal and Greens-voting counterparts. Feelings of pessimism reflected a precarious moment, with the world order that had served Australia's interests well since the end of World War II beset on all sides, said Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove. "Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly - the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll," said Dr Fullilove. But Australians are even less trusting of China - the nation's largest trading partner - as military tensions over the fate of Taiwan ramp up. Only 16 per cent of respondents had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing, compared to a quarter who had confidence in Mr Trump. Ongoing distrust in China, which conducted navy live-fire drills off Australian waters shortly before the poll was conducted, was contributing to sustained belief in the importance of the Australia-US alliance, despite distrust in Mr Trump, Dr Fullilove said. Amid rising authoritarianism around the globe, Australians have never been more firm in their support for democracy, with 74 per cent believing it is preferable to any other kind of government. "Australians lean towards co-operation," Dr Fullilove said. "They feel most comfortable with fellow liberal democracies such as Japan and New Zealand, but remain circumspect towards two regional powers, India and Indonesia." Overwhelmingly Australians were in favour of making more goods in Australia, even if they cost more (83 per cent), and distrustful of social media's impact on democracy (70 per cent). Those figures will be encouraging for the federal government and its flagship policies to ban children from using social media and promote domestic manufacturing. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Lowy Institute by the Social Research Centre, which surveyed 2117 Australian residents aged 18 and above between March 3 and 16. Tariffs and global conflict have knocked Australians' optimism in the economy and trust in the US to 20-year lows, a long-running poll by an independent think tank shows. Since it began in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll of Australians' attitudes to the world has never been so bleak. Trade turmoil and ongoing cost-of-living pressures were having a negative impact on household confidence even before President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced on April 2, after the survey had been in the field. A little over half of respondents (52 per cent) said they were optimistic about Australia's economic performance over the next five years, the least since the poll began in 2005 and in line with attitudes during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Young Australians aged 18-29 felt the least optimistic about the economy, while Labor voters were more confident than Liberal and Greens-voting counterparts. Feelings of pessimism reflected a precarious moment, with the world order that had served Australia's interests well since the end of World War II beset on all sides, said Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove. "Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly - the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll," said Dr Fullilove. But Australians are even less trusting of China - the nation's largest trading partner - as military tensions over the fate of Taiwan ramp up. Only 16 per cent of respondents had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing, compared to a quarter who had confidence in Mr Trump. Ongoing distrust in China, which conducted navy live-fire drills off Australian waters shortly before the poll was conducted, was contributing to sustained belief in the importance of the Australia-US alliance, despite distrust in Mr Trump, Dr Fullilove said. Amid rising authoritarianism around the globe, Australians have never been more firm in their support for democracy, with 74 per cent believing it is preferable to any other kind of government. "Australians lean towards co-operation," Dr Fullilove said. "They feel most comfortable with fellow liberal democracies such as Japan and New Zealand, but remain circumspect towards two regional powers, India and Indonesia." Overwhelmingly Australians were in favour of making more goods in Australia, even if they cost more (83 per cent), and distrustful of social media's impact on democracy (70 per cent). Those figures will be encouraging for the federal government and its flagship policies to ban children from using social media and promote domestic manufacturing. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Lowy Institute by the Social Research Centre, which surveyed 2117 Australian residents aged 18 and above between March 3 and 16. Tariffs and global conflict have knocked Australians' optimism in the economy and trust in the US to 20-year lows, a long-running poll by an independent think tank shows. Since it began in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll of Australians' attitudes to the world has never been so bleak. Trade turmoil and ongoing cost-of-living pressures were having a negative impact on household confidence even before President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced on April 2, after the survey had been in the field. A little over half of respondents (52 per cent) said they were optimistic about Australia's economic performance over the next five years, the least since the poll began in 2005 and in line with attitudes during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Young Australians aged 18-29 felt the least optimistic about the economy, while Labor voters were more confident than Liberal and Greens-voting counterparts. Feelings of pessimism reflected a precarious moment, with the world order that had served Australia's interests well since the end of World War II beset on all sides, said Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove. "Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly - the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll," said Dr Fullilove. But Australians are even less trusting of China - the nation's largest trading partner - as military tensions over the fate of Taiwan ramp up. Only 16 per cent of respondents had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing, compared to a quarter who had confidence in Mr Trump. Ongoing distrust in China, which conducted navy live-fire drills off Australian waters shortly before the poll was conducted, was contributing to sustained belief in the importance of the Australia-US alliance, despite distrust in Mr Trump, Dr Fullilove said. Amid rising authoritarianism around the globe, Australians have never been more firm in their support for democracy, with 74 per cent believing it is preferable to any other kind of government. "Australians lean towards co-operation," Dr Fullilove said. "They feel most comfortable with fellow liberal democracies such as Japan and New Zealand, but remain circumspect towards two regional powers, India and Indonesia." Overwhelmingly Australians were in favour of making more goods in Australia, even if they cost more (83 per cent), and distrustful of social media's impact on democracy (70 per cent). Those figures will be encouraging for the federal government and its flagship policies to ban children from using social media and promote domestic manufacturing. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Lowy Institute by the Social Research Centre, which surveyed 2117 Australian residents aged 18 and above between March 3 and 16. Tariffs and global conflict have knocked Australians' optimism in the economy and trust in the US to 20-year lows, a long-running poll by an independent think tank shows. Since it began in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll of Australians' attitudes to the world has never been so bleak. Trade turmoil and ongoing cost-of-living pressures were having a negative impact on household confidence even before President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced on April 2, after the survey had been in the field. A little over half of respondents (52 per cent) said they were optimistic about Australia's economic performance over the next five years, the least since the poll began in 2005 and in line with attitudes during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Young Australians aged 18-29 felt the least optimistic about the economy, while Labor voters were more confident than Liberal and Greens-voting counterparts. Feelings of pessimism reflected a precarious moment, with the world order that had served Australia's interests well since the end of World War II beset on all sides, said Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove. "Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly - the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll," said Dr Fullilove. But Australians are even less trusting of China - the nation's largest trading partner - as military tensions over the fate of Taiwan ramp up. Only 16 per cent of respondents had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing, compared to a quarter who had confidence in Mr Trump. Ongoing distrust in China, which conducted navy live-fire drills off Australian waters shortly before the poll was conducted, was contributing to sustained belief in the importance of the Australia-US alliance, despite distrust in Mr Trump, Dr Fullilove said. Amid rising authoritarianism around the globe, Australians have never been more firm in their support for democracy, with 74 per cent believing it is preferable to any other kind of government. "Australians lean towards co-operation," Dr Fullilove said. "They feel most comfortable with fellow liberal democracies such as Japan and New Zealand, but remain circumspect towards two regional powers, India and Indonesia." Overwhelmingly Australians were in favour of making more goods in Australia, even if they cost more (83 per cent), and distrustful of social media's impact on democracy (70 per cent). Those figures will be encouraging for the federal government and its flagship policies to ban children from using social media and promote domestic manufacturing. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Lowy Institute by the Social Research Centre, which surveyed 2117 Australian residents aged 18 and above between March 3 and 16.
Perth Now
15-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Global doom and gloom sinks Aussie economic optimism
Tariffs and global conflict have knocked Australians' optimism in the economy and trust in the US to 20-year lows, a long-running poll by an independent think tank shows. Since it began in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll of Australians' attitudes to the world has never been so bleak. Trade turmoil and ongoing cost-of-living pressures were having a negative impact on household confidence even before President Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced on April 2, after the survey had been in the field. A little over half of respondents (52 per cent) said they were optimistic about Australia's economic performance over the next five years, the least since the poll began in 2005 and in line with attitudes during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Young Australians aged 18-29 felt the least optimistic about the economy, while Labor voters were more confident than Liberal and Greens-voting counterparts. Feelings of pessimism reflected a precarious moment, with the world order that had served Australia's interests well since the end of World War II beset on all sides, said Lowy Institute executive director Michael Fullilove. "Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly - the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll," said Dr Fullilove. But Australians are even less trusting of China - the nation's largest trading partner - as military tensions over the fate of Taiwan ramp up. Only 16 per cent of respondents had confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping to do the right thing, compared to a quarter who had confidence in Mr Trump. Ongoing distrust in China, which conducted navy live-fire drills off Australian waters shortly before the poll was conducted, was contributing to sustained belief in the importance of the Australia-US alliance, despite distrust in Mr Trump, Dr Fullilove said. Amid rising authoritarianism around the globe, Australians have never been more firm in their support for democracy, with 74 per cent believing it is preferable to any other kind of government. "Australians lean towards co-operation," Dr Fullilove said. "They feel most comfortable with fellow liberal democracies such as Japan and New Zealand, but remain circumspect towards two regional powers, India and Indonesia." Overwhelmingly Australians were in favour of making more goods in Australia, even if they cost more (83 per cent), and distrustful of social media's impact on democracy (70 per cent). Those figures will be encouraging for the federal government and its flagship policies to ban children from using social media and promote domestic manufacturing. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Lowy Institute by the Social Research Centre, which surveyed 2117 Australian residents aged 18 and above between March 3 and 16.
Perth Now
15-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Aussies' trust in US plummets to record low
Only 36 per cent of Australians have any faith the US will act responsibly in the world, a 20 point drop since last year, shocking new polling has revealed. The Lowy Institute's 2025 Poll, touted as the broadest annual survey of Australian attitudes, reveals Australians' feelings of safety and economic optimism have fallen to their lowest levels in the 21-year history of the poll. Trust in the US was a record low in the poll, however the nation is still seen as key to ensuring our security, Lowy Institute executive director, Michael Fullilove said 'Australians are clearly unsettled by what they've seen of the second Trump administration, with almost two-thirds (64 per cent) now holding little to no trust in the United States to act responsibly — the lowest level in the history of the Lowy Institute Poll,' Dr Fullilove said. 'At the same time, the public continues to separate the person of the president from the institution of the alliance. 'Most Australians (80 per cent) still believe the Australia-US alliance is important to our security - one of the most consistent findings in the history of the Institute's polling.' The polling did however find that 40 per cent of Australians believed we needed to distance ourselves more from the US. Trust in China was also at dire levels, with only 20 per cent of those surveyed expressing any trust whatsoever. The polling surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2117 Australian adults in early March. The polling has a 2.1 per cent margin of error. Only half of Australians reported feeling any level of optimism about the five-year economic outlook, equalling the pandemic doldrums of 2020, and the pessimistic result was recorded before President Trump's 'liberation day' global tariffs rocked financial markets. The concern about global trade has sharpened the desire to manufacture more domestically. More than 80 per cent of Australians feel more should be built onshore even if it costs more, while just 16 per cent of people say Australia should source all goods from wherever they cost the least. The polling shows serious concerns about Australia's economic future. Photo: Gaye Gerard / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia Half of the country believes immediate steps should be taken to address global warming even if it involves significant cost. 'As Australia moves towards net zero emissions, three-quarters of Australians see renewables playing a 'major role' in the 2050 energy mix, compared to far fewer that envisage a major role for nuclear (37 per cent) or coal (24 per cent),' Dr Fullilove said. Six months out from the under-16s social media ban taking effect, 70 per cent of respondents say social media does more harm than good.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man charged with murder, dumping body in McKellar Lake
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is charged with murder and abuse of a corpse after he allegedly admitted to shooting a man and dumping his body into McKellar Lake. The victim, 62-year-old RC Alexander, was the subject of a City Watch Wednesday after his girlfriend told police she found him shot in the front yard of their home on Orleans Street in South Memphis, but was later unable to find him. Jimmy Towns Fullilove, 28, is charged with Alexander's death. City watch: Man missing after girlfriend finds him shot According to police, Alexander's girlfriend called them at 1 a.m. Wednesday. She told officers that her boyfriend was shot during an argument with Fullilove. When police arrived, they found spent shell casings, but Alexander was gone. Police checked with local hospitals, but no gunshot victims had arrived, and the woman said she didn't know where he went. A little after 8 a.m., officers responded again to the same address in the 1800 block of South Orleans for an armed party call. They detained six people, including Fullilove, who were taken in for questioning. Woman hit in head with bottle outside Peabody Hotel Police said they found a large pool of blood in the front yard, and large amounts of blood in the rear cargo compartment of a Honda CRV. While police were interviewing Fullilove, they say he waived his rights and admitted what happened, saying he and Alexander had been fighting verbally. He left, grabbed his gun, and came back to the Orleans address to find Alexander armed with a knife. 'I shot him three times in the back,' Fullilove allegedly told police. Afterward, Fullilove said he put Alexander in the back of his Honda and was going to take him to a hospital. Instead, he took him to Martin Luther King Riverside Park and dumped his body in McKellar Lake. Memphis Murder Map 2025 Fullilove is in the Shelby County Jail. He is set for a bond hearing Friday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
