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Today in Black America - April 30

POSTED: April 30, 2014, 11:00 am

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Today in Black History: On this date in 1843 in Buffalo, New York, Blacks participated in a national political convention for the first time.

The New York Times

Editorial: Voter ID Is the Real Fraud


Federal Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Law Requiring Photo ID at Polls

After Deriding G.O.P. on Immigration Bill, Boehner Shifts His Aim to Obama

House Budget Committee to Hold Hearing on Poverty


Why the Democrats’ Turnout Problem Is Worst in North Carolina

One Execution Botched, Oklahoma Delays the Next

Allstate Case Shows Risk of Signing Away the Right to Sue

Test Prep Endures in New York Schools, Despite Calls to Ease It


Nearly Half of New Yorkers Are Struggling to Get By, Study Finds


The Star Ledger

Fulop tells Congress NJ's distribution of Sandy aid has been a 'disaster'


NJ affordable housing council to announce plan for towns


NJ ranks 7th for hospital safety, new report card says


Christie says $800M budget hole could affect pension payment

Candidates for the Democratic nomination in N.J.'s 12th Congressional race face off in debate

NJ School Boards Association updates recommendations on social media



Philly.com


'Tainted Justice' cops to face internal charges

Free job fair in Bucks focused on health care work

Parents protest charter plan for two elementary schools


The Christian Science Monitor

Gay marriage at center of Missouri Republicans' bid to impeach governor


In surprise move, NBA bans Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life


Democratic panic time? Most young people won't vote in midterms, poll finds. (+video)


The Detroit Free Press

Dearborn Heights man to face July trial in porch shooting of Renisha McBride

Man charged in fatal shooting of Muskegon Heights basketball star

FBI chief: 'Detroit is not unique when it comes to crime'

Sheffield seeks to bump Conyers off ballot for improper petition signatures


Kevyn Orr gets positive signs on state aid for Detroit


The Washington Post


U.S. economy slows drastically in first quarter

Clippers’ Sterling has limited options after NBA exile

Capehart: Race-obsessed simpletons on the right

Parker: The sobering message from racist rants


Map: How each state chooses to execute its death row inmates

Supreme Court upholds EPA rule on cross-state pollution

Va. AG declares ‘dreamers’ eligible for in-state tuition


The Sterling case and the black community

D.C.’s Hospitality High to join public school system

Paul Robeson Jr., protector of father’s legacy, dies at 86



The Chicago Tribune

Uncle accused of giving niece gun in slaying of 14-year-old girl

Prosecutors probing troubled Quinn grant program

7 wounded in city shootings


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's criminal record not expunged after all, according to reports

Congressional panel votes to subpoena Richard Cordray's aides in discrimination probe

Ohio Parole Board recommends clemency for death-row inmate Arthur Tyler


Universities given guidelines by White House task force on how to handle sexual assaults


The Los Angeles Times

Sterling banned for life, but that doesn't mean he's gone


NBA's use of 'hammer' on Donald Sterling welcomed by Garcetti

State begins early releases of nonviolent prisoners

UCLA cancels $3-million research gift from Sterling Foundation

Alex Caputo-Pearl wins runoff to lead L.A. teachers union


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Donors will pay for transition in Atlanta school leadership


Metro Atlanta’s history of workplace shootings is long, bloody

Report: FedEx gunman ‘joked about shooting up workplace’


USA Today

69% agree with Barbara Bush: No more political dynasties

Botched execution could slam brakes on death penalty


WHO sounds alarm on widespread 'superbug' infections

Cities, states to lose big if highway fund disappears





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