As for the world-famous Seattle rain: Not happening this weekend. Saturday and Sunday are all about that sun in the sky. Rain, however, might make its return on Tuesday.
Gov. Inslee made it official. Washington now celebrates the end of slavery. State employees get a paid holiday on Juneteeth (June 19), the dub of a day in 1865 that saw the liberation of the last black slaves.
One must always keep in mind that American slavery was American capitalism. Another form of American capitalism is still with us today. It is the raw exploitation of wage labor.
Seattle Times: Kroger, blasted for ending hazard pay, gave CEO $22 million.