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Today in Black America - June 27

POSTED: June 27, 2014, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first Black writers to crossover to white audiences, was born in 1872 in Dayton, Ohio.

The New York Times

Detroit Needs Residents, but Sends Some Packing


Editorial: A Blow to Presidential Appointments


Supreme Court Rebukes Obama on Right of Appointment

Court Rejects Zone to Buffer Abortion Clinic

Timothy Egan: Lock ’Em Up Nation

New York’s Ban on Big Sodas Is Rejected by Final Court

New York Schools Chief Advocates More ‘Balanced Literacy’

Plan Expedited for Affordable Housing Near Barclays Center in Brooklyn


The Christian Science Monitor

Do-good investing gets White House boost – and $1.5 billion in private pledges

New York to provide free legal aid, IDs to undocumented immigrants

Boehner serious about suing Obama, House Judiciary chairman says



The Star Ledger

Salem video beating victim was 'really afraid' during attack toddler son watched


Bill to ban initially asking about job applicants' criminal records heads to Christie's desk


NJ Legislature passes bill to pave way for private sports betting operations

Trenton school board agrees to transport students with special needs to after-school programs


The Detroit Free Press


When bad schools go on and on ...

State law vague on charter school fee collected by authorizers

Editorial: Why Detroit water shutoffs are not an open-and-shut case


Plan to increase DPS class sizes draws fire at budget hearing


Schauer: Charter schools should be held to same standards as traditional schools



Philly.com

Black clergy: Drop corruption probe

Blackwell aide testifies re: Traffic Court

Pa. high court won't take up school district work rules


Chester County school district to forgo U.S. lunch guidelines



The Washington Post

How the Clintons went from ‘dead broke’ to the 1%

Job for Va. state senator in works before he resigned


Elizabeth Warren says the American economy is rigged. Many conservatives agree.

Reagan wins: Over a third of liberals think Democrats over-rely on government

HHS issues rules for HealthCare.gov sign-up year two


Parents, politicians seek to slow school boundary overhaul


The Chicago Tribune

9 shot, 1 fatally, across Chicago since Thursday afternoon

CPS announces layoffs of more than 1,100

Preckwinkle faces the glare: Will you run for mayor?


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


The Hunt for Heroin: An informant and a pistol-whipping, Part 1


Cleveland Foundation awards $17.9 million in grants

Pediatricians prescribe books, daily reading to all infants, kids for a healthy brain

Ohio will mix old tests and new Common Core test results to evaluate teachers, schools and districts


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Airport prepares for new gun law

Ethics complaint targets DeKalb Commissioner Watson



The Los Angeles Times


As America ages, generational gap between whites and minorities widens

LAPD detective accused of racially charged comments is placed on leave

Audit criticizes panel for move to revoke S.F. college's accreditation






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