Some local companies are honoring Juneteenth. Jeff Bezos is canceling meetings.

Some of the nation’s highest-profile companies are leading the way in making Juneteenth, a date honoring the end of slavery in the U.S., a paid holiday. A handful of companies in Greater Washington are joining the nationwide push as the country grapples with social justice reform in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced a proposal Tuesday to make June 19 a paid state holiday, and companies headquartered…