EDITOR’S NOTE

Happy Friday. Skimm HQ is off for Juneteenth (aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day), the federal holiday commemorating when one of the last groups of enslaved African Americans learned of their freedom — marking the symbolic end of slavery. (For a deeper understanding of the holiday and its significance, read this.) But we always want to keep you informed, so we’re bringing you a few things to know to start your day, plus recommendations for what to eat and read, and where to go in honor of today’s holiday. 

— theSkimm editors