Juneteenth can no longer stand in the shadows of America’s celebration of independence, but highlights how it is inextricably linked to America’s core values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all.

City officials didn’t give an expected arrival date at a budget hearing for a public dashboard that measures possible racial profiling and other race-based disparate treatment by police. Some of the hearing debated efforts to shift some police functions to other areas such as human services.

Cambridge Historical Society made the commitment to recognizing that Black Lives Matter and began to take an honest look at its own history – first in researching the history of their own headquarters, the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House.

The city is reopening its search for an artist to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave U.S. women the right to vote, because there wasn’t enough diversity among the artists considered in the first, 23-month, search process.

City officials first promised in 2018 to create a public Procedural Justice Dashboard showing how police treat people of different races and ethnic origins. It still doesn’t exist, but on Monday city councillors got the latest estimate for its arrival: sometime in the next eight to 10 months.

It is possible – and necessary – to have police judgment that’s less about instinct and more about thoughtfulness. If the instinct is to support anything any police officer does, well, that’s no judgment at all.

Social media posts seemingly made by a Cambridge Police Department lieutenant were called “deeply disturbing” by department officials on Friday, and a comprehensive staff investigation was announced to confirm their origin and to see if they violated department codes. 

Whether it’s the Cambridge Bike Delivery Program, Cambridge Bike Give Back program or Black Lives Matter rides, bicyclists are ride or die when it comes to social justice and helping the community.

A late campaign swing before Tuesday’s primary vote brought Ed Markey to the lawn of Cambridge’s City Hall on Sunday, where the dozens who came to hear him speak – and stand in line for a picture afterward – were crowded with people in their teens and 20s.

Here’s a bright spot in a worrisome time for artists in Cambridge: a $15,000 commission to paint a mural on a parking garage vent shaft in Canal District Kendall.