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Today in Black America - October 12

POSTED: October 12, 2015, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: World War II hero Dorie Miller, who shot down Japanese fighter planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor, was born in 1919 in Waco, TX.

The New York Times


National

Echoing Calls for Justice of Million Man March, but Widening Audience

In Video, Death Followed Police Inattention

Blow: Million Man March, 20 Years On


Relatives of Black Man Shot by Off-Duty Officer in Texas Question Police Actions

Two Reviews of Tamir Rice Shooting in Cleveland Are Seen as Shielding Police

A.C.L.U.’s Own Arguments May Work Against It in Voting Rights Case


Black Mormons Assess Church’s Racial Progress

Income Inequality Grows With Age and Shapes Later Years

Clinton Emails Became the New Focus of Benghazi Inquiry


Insurance Dropouts Present a Challenge for Health Law


Local


Reaching a Transit Deal, if Not a Compromise in a Feud


The Christian Science Monitor


No matter who holds the speaker's gavel, the game has changed

Why conservatives applaud judges who blocked federal clean-water rules


As Obama visits Oregon, four reasons gun rights debate is shifting (+video)

Indiana fraternity hazing video shows social media's positive impact

No limits? Rwandan ruling shows how African leaders can stay in power


The Star Ledger


Trump and Carson lead 2016 GOP field as Christie moves up


See how Christie has stepped up his Obama bashing as GOP race heats up

Fulop stumbles again, damaging his shot at governor's job | Moran


Philly.com


Supreme Court takes on juvenile lifers

Armstrong: Mom wages battle against low wages

3 Philly schools have no nurses; 16 lack regulars

College open house to feature health-care programs

Pennsylvania eyes gambling for help


The Detroit Free Press

Flint doctor makes state tell lead truth

Gun laws across U.S. at issue in case before high court

Conyers, House Judiciary propose sentence reforms


Detroit schools reducing district-level testing by 50%



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Activists criticize release of expert reports that found Tamir Rice shooting was reasonable (video)

Tamir Rice family attorney says prosecutor 'avoiding indictment' of officer

Expert who calls Tamir Rice shooting 'reasonable' said indicting officers is tough

Readers react to expert reports that found Tamir Rice shooting was tragic but reasonable

Cleveland police officer accused of biting woman during argument, stopping her from leaving house


The Los Angeles Times

Gov. Jerry Brown targets his next priorities as he decides on final slate of bills

L.A. County launches campaign against childhood obesity

Kamala Harris slams Congress for failing to pass gun control laws


UCLA football player is suspended indefinitely following arrest in rape case


Inglewood must pay $117,741 for 'meritless' lawsuit against critic, judge rules


The Chicago Sun-Times


3 killed, 17 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

CPS approves more legal spending for Byrd-Bennett aides

Loyola freshman charged in Bucktown robbery

Former Burr Oak Cemetery worker gets probation for desecrating bodies



USA Today


More cities are recognizing Native Americans on Columbus Day

Tamir Rice family supporters: Police policing themselves


The Washington Post

In the GOP, pattern of crowning nominee ‘has been broken’

Secret Nixon archive offers intimate, but disturbing portrait of his presidency

What the increasingly oppressive climate in many schools is doing to kids

California bars public schools from using ‘Redskins’ as team name or mascot

Louis Farrakhan’s striking two-hour stemwinder at the Million Man March anniversary

Will the Obama administration now focus on desegregating schools?

The next education secretary: Polarizing, powered by personal story


The wild card at the Democratic debate could be the guy no one’s talking about


The decadent, sometimes dangerous parties at the mansions next door






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