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Topic: July 4

Chairs and blankets are left abandoned after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade on July 4, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

At least 6 dead in IL July 4 shooting

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
American flags for sale in a Megastore (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

This Independence Day, we are less free

Hafizah Augustus Geter
Hand holding small American flag (Getty Images/David Engelhardt)

Happy Independence Day? Not for me

D. Watkins
Prop stylist: Veronica Olson. Food stylist: Anna Billingskog. (Linda Xiao / Food52)

The best cookie recipes for July 4th

Nikkitha Bakshani - Food52
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

A brief history of the American cookout

Arlyn Osborne - Food52
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

29 show-stopping cakes for July 4th

Erin Alexander - Food52
Maxine Waters; Brittany "Bree" Newsome; Therese Okoumou; Ieshia Evans (AP/Getty)

Black women are the resistance

Rachel Leah
(Ella Jane)

I was a fallible patriot

Jesse Goolsby
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

America's real founding moment

Elias Isquith
Participants carry a large U.S. flag at a Fourth of July Parade in Los Angeles, California, July 4, 2013. (Reuters/Jonathan Alcorn)

I hate the Fourth of July
Photo of the author

Wal-Mart's July 4 lie

Wally Lynn
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