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Today in Black America - May 23

POSTED: May 23, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History:  Actor and musician Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers was born on this date in 1910 in Terra Haute, Indiana.

The New York Times


National


Untold Damage: America’s Overlooked Gun Violence

Sanders Makes Mark on Campaigns. Can He Make a Legacy?

Bernie Sanders’s Feud With the Democratic Leadership Heats Up

Possible Conflict at Heart of Clinton Foundation

House Set to Begin I.R.S. Commissioner’s Impeachment Hearing

These Wealthy People Refuse to Give Donald Trump Money. Here’s Why.


Key G.O.P. Donors Still Deeply Resist Donald Trump’s Candidacy

Where Dentists Are Scarce, American Indians Forge a Path to Better Care

It’s No Accident: Advocates Want to Speak of Car ‘Crashes’ Instead


Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide

Armed With Data, Chicago Police Try to Predict Who May Shoot or Be Shot



Local

Chirlane McCray Enlists New York Clergy in Mental Health Outreach

Man Seen Wheeling Body on Staten Island Is Arraigned in Wife’s Murder

Officer Stripped of Gun and Badge After Punching Man in Harlem


The Christian Science Monitor


Louisiana ‘Blue Lives Matter’ law: How big a shift in police brutality debate?

Behind Sanders unrest: Is the US democratic enough? (+video)


The humanitarian revolution: ensuring the 'dignity' of a job

The humanitarian revolution: reimagining a colonial-era model

Veto of Oklahoma abortion bill steps back war on doctors (+video)



The Star-Ledger


Meet a N.J. millionaire who welcomes higher taxes - he's not alone

Paterson assemblywoman all but announces run for N.J. governor

Last thing N.J.'s budget needs is more magical thinking | Editorial

As religious leaders defend mosque, a N.J. suburb squirms | Editorial

Are Christie's N.J. town halls a thing of the past?


Philly.com

Philly aims to reduce prison population by 34 percent in three years


Retirement is hard for many in Philly, study shows

Many parents give new mind-boggling report cards an F


Big pensions add to city's retirement fund woes



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cuyahoga County law director, top lawyers lay out bail system inequities: Impact 2016: Justice For All

Found Cleveland girl's disappearance still under investigation, police say


Three men injured in three shootings overnight in Cleveland

Cleveland police officer ordered deletion of video showing West Park bar assault, records say

Cleveland police officer arrested, accused of tampering with evidence



The Chicago Tribune


A very bad sign for all but America's biggest cities

1 dead, 11 wounded in separate city shootings

School funding is big question in Springfield: Can Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton agree?


The Detroit Free Press

Detroit picks firm to help fix $195M pension shortfall

Mich. lawmakers take aim at school expulsions, suspensions

See which Michigan public schools have expelled kids


Inmate dies after being found unresponsive in Huron County


The Washington Post


Donald Trump isn’t empathetic. Is that a problem?


Recalling Hillary Clinton’s claim of ‘landing under sniper fire’ in Bosnia

Sanders says he’s going all the way to the Democratic convention

In historic move, U.S. lifts arms sales embargo to Vietnam


Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives

The Democrats are supposed to hold one more debate. Only one of them seems to want to talk.


Sanders endorses DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz’s primary opponent

Clinton campaign’s money machine dominates Trump and Sanders in latest FEC reports

Police in Las Vegas forge close ties to the city’s Muslim community


The foggy numbers of Obama’s wars and non-wars


In a time of hate, two education enemies find agreement

Discovery’s all-male, all-white board receives shareholder scrutiny


Police break up U-Md. party with pepper spray


How a valedictorian’s beard barred him from his own high school graduation

In Virginia, felon voting rights mean simpler path to gun ownership



The Los Angeles Times


Two white-haired politicians — Bernie Sanders and Bill Clinton — call a California truce


Padres discipline employee after San Diego Gay Men's Chorus is drowned out singing national anthem

Southern California Gas Co. ordered to stop cleaning Porter Ranch-area homes

Auditor eyes Burbank Police Department's handling of Tom Angel's derogatory emails


USA Today


Obama ends arms export embargo on Vietnam


Bus boycott: Tallahassee's ride to equality started 60 years ago


Ohio scientists work with cops to solve Rhoden massacre










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