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Today in Black America - December 11

POSTED: December 11, 2014, 10:30 am

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Today in Black History: Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity opened at Lincoln Center in New York in 1961.

The New York Times

Missouri: University Ties Drop in Students to Ferguson

Schools’ Discipline for Girls Differs by Race and Hue


Opinion: What if Whites Were the Minority?


Charles M. Blow: This Is Your Moment

C.I.A. Initially Planned Jails Abiding by U.S. Standards

Editorial: Authorizing Military Force Must Have Limits


Many Feel the American Dream Is Out of Reach, Poll Shows

New York State Education Commissioner to Leave for Federal Post


The Christian Science Monitor


Why Ebola fighters are Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' (+video)


Number of Americans expected to hit 400 million by 2051, led by more immigrants

In a first, more Americans support gun rights than gun control, poll finds (+video)


Detroit to emerge from 'historic' bankruptcy Wednesday (+video)

Ferguson library, a community pillar during unrest, gets $350,000 in donations (+video)



Philly.com


Fattah Jr. pens 305-page court motion

FOP's John McNesby angered over editorial cartoon


Rizzo drops mayoral plans for comeback bid on Council


Funeral, fund set for fallen firefighter

Student asks Bill Gates: Where are the women in technology?


The Star Ledger


Port Authority hires firm to study PATH line extension to Newark Airport

Cafeteria workers for Princeton schools strike to protest benefits cuts after outsourcing

Newark development agency review questions over $3 million in loans


Christie wouldn't be good president, America not ready for Jersey guy in White House, N.J. voters say


The Washington Post


Warren leads liberal rebellion on spending bill


How the myth of self-reliance is fueling inequality


Harvard Business School professor apologizes for rant on $4 overcharge

Hollywood has a race problem. Just read the Sony emails on President Obama.

Campaign contribution limits are about to go way up. Here’s what that looks like, in one massive graph.


More governors have won without majority support in the 2010s than in any decade in the past century.

Education advocates help draft new D.C. mayor’s to-do list

Montgomery County launches teacher diversity initiative


The Detroit Free Press


Pundits add Snyder's name to 2016 presidential mix


New coalition aims to improve Detroit schools


Kevyn Orr achieves all but one task: Educating kids

Resignation emerges at Detroit judge's misconduct hearing



The Los Angeles Times


Brown, Legislature study ways to avoid UC, Cal State tuition hikes

UC student workers' union urges divestment from Israel


DMV prepares to issue driver's licenses to people who are here illegally


Protests against police continue in Bay Area; Oakland websites hacked


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Minority groups will account for majority of Americans by 2045, census bureau estimates


In Arizona, the first hints of what a John Kasich presidential campaign might look and sound like


Thank you, Cleveland: Donors give thousands to young men who want to make a difference

New CFPB report: Half of all debts reported to credit bureaus start with medical bills


The Chicago Tribune

Ex-cop to be sentenced for grisly kidnap, murder plot

Urban League, 1871 team to address tech diversity

Jobless claims fall; continuing claims up


USA Today


Growing up 'post-racial,' teens suddenly find a world that isn't

Jesse Jackson gets Silicon Valley to talk diversity


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Jermaine Dupri loses his Atlanta mansion to foreclosure

Georgia leads nation in school shootings, report says














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