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Today in Black America - September 4

POSTED: September 04, 2014, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on this date in 1848.

The New York Times

Budget Cuts at W.H.O. Hurt Response to Ebola Crisis

Editorial: The Innocent on Death Row

Commitments on Three Fronts Test Obama’s Policy

The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments

Justice Dept. Will Investigate Practices of the Ferguson Police

Michael Brown Never Faced Serious Charge, Lawyer Says


Voting Restrictions Are Key Variable in Midterm Elections


For New York Legislators, Indictments Are No Obstacle to Seeking Re-election


The Christian Science Monitor


Renisha McBride shooter gets 17 years in case that tested self-defense claim (+video)

Convictions for N.C. men overturned: why there's been uptick in exonerations (+video)

New poll gives GOP edge in battleground states. How significant?

Home Depot faces possible data breach. How to protect your information. (+video)



The Star Ledger

Port Authority cops told to 'shut up' about GWB lane closures, memo says

Editorial: Chris Christie's legal back flip on pension reform

Trump Taj Mahal casino could be filing for bankruptcy, report says


Hip Hop personalities hand out school supplies at Jersey City McDonald's

Former Newark deputy mayor loses appeal in bid-rigging case



Philly.com


Feds: Korean bribes helped finance Convention Center project

USDA: Despite slight improvement, hunger persists


Ubiñas: Don't let the deaths of four children go unresolved

'Persistently dangerous' label shed for 1st time


Teachers' unions: 'We're still negotiating'


The Detroit Free Press


Thousands could lose health coverage unless they provide forms by Friday

Detroit expected to call first witness today as bankruptcy trial resumes

Editorial: Detroit's bankruptcy for naught without cooperation

3 to face murder charges in French street artist's death

Apologetic Wafer sentenced to at least 17 years in Renisha McBride shooting


Detroit leads 21 big-city U.S. school districts in absenteeism, analysis shows



The Washington Post

Justice Dept. to launch probe of Ferguson police


Possible first-ever all-women Senate delegation tours Serengeti, talks food security in Africa

Bloomberg group targets Kroger for its first ad campaign against a corporate gun policy

Watch the U.S. economy change dramatically, in one gif


How Latinos will matter in the midterm election


For the first time since the 1950s, there is no ‘typical’ U.S. family

Native American group fighting Redskins name


Strategist to D.C. mayors implicated in Phila. scheme

Edward W. Norton, high-ranking federal official, dies at 76


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland's proposed gun offender registry and other sweeping gun laws stir City Council debate

Common Core replacement for Ohio would have biases, differences from its supposed Massachusetts model


The Chicago Tribune


Evanston rabbi quits over pro-Palestinian activism

McCarthy stresses need for cops to 'treat people fairly'

Jackie Robinson West to get nearly $165,000 in T-shirt proceeds


Missouri misled on execution drugs used

City Council watchdog: Ethics cases sent to prosecutors


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Ex-DeKalb commissioner Boyer pleads guilty

Jailed ex-Georgia Tech star, wife not allowed to see their 10 kids

Judge orders ethics chief, AG’s office to pay $20K in sanctions

Deputies, jail officer accused of excessive force, affair with inmate

Morehouse, other colleges offer advice for helping young boys, men


The Los Angeles Times


Boy left in mother's custody by DCFS is dead of apparent homicide

School districts near Ferguson, Mo., also struggle with racial divide


Legal clinic polishes non-lawyers' civil suits

California mayors urge governor to sign gun control bill


USA Today

Teens in custody at juvenile facility after disturbance

New Orleans may have missed signs of canal's collapse





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