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Today in Black America - February 16

POSTED: February 16, 2015, 11:00 am

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Today in Black History: The Liberia Herald is published as the first Black newspaper printed in Africa in 1826 by C.L. Force of Boston
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The New York Times

Egypt Conducts Airstrikes on ISIS Targets in Libya

Boehner Says He’d Allow Homeland Security Shutdown


C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Weapons

F.A.A. Rules Would Limit Commercial Drone Use

Opinion: George Washington, Slave Catcher


Blow: A Kaffeeklatsch on Race

The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration for Older Black Voters

In New York City, Jobs Come Back Without Wall Street

New York City’s Streak of Days Without a Killing Ends at 12


The Christian Science Monitor


'Political rock star' once more, Obama turns tables on Republicans

How communities are keeping kids out of crime

Muslim world asks: Were Chapel Hill shootings an act of terrorism?

Concealed carry without a permit: Will crime go up or down?


The Star Ledger


Subsidized health centers welcome surge of Medicaid patients

Christie on the road again today, for a speech in presidential battleground state

N.J. teacher pushes for suicide prevention law after his former student jumps from parking garage

Camden County fills population manager job at jail to deal with overcrowding



Philly.com

North Philly pastor joins mayor's race race

Teachers organize for role in mayoral election

Super Voters, Power Wards, and huge chasms in voting by age

Parents, teachers opting in to 'opt out'


The Washington Post

Dionne: James Comey’s candor on race

New ranking of U.S. presidents puts Lincoln #1, Obama #18; Kennedy judged most over-rated

Why the United States incarcerates so many people (in one graph)

This is the best Obama correction you will read this weekend

For Muslim Americans, N.C. shooting brings fear of discrimination into open

Alexandria mayor’s race could be heated for the first time in 12 years


At Virginia’s Liberia Plantation, growing interest in lives of its slaves


The Detroit Free Press

Common enrollment: Lessons for Detroit

Finding jobs in Detroit: Retraining program that works

Regionalism too tough to swallow? Try Flint's water



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Is the college credit hour obsolete? Perhaps, but no good alternative exists, report says

Shooting in Akron leaves 17-year-old male dead

Cleveland civil rights attorney David Malik arrested with gun at airport, police say


Growing number of parents "opt out" of new Common Core tests that they say damage their kids

Testing season starts this week for Ohio students with new Common Core exams: What to expect


The Los Angeles Times


Villaraigosa must decide on business deals as he mulls Senate run


State spends half a million on cars for lawmakers, lays off 40 staffers

On train, tunnel, Newsom would change course from Brown


South L.A. is up for revival, but how depends on next Council member


The Chicago Tribune

Study: U.S. teens getting less and less sleep

Riverside Brookfield High School selling naming rights for stadium

Will County stepping up fight against heroin use


USA Today


Police chief retires after racist e-mails

City body camera no-bid contracts raise questions


Hundreds protest after police shoot man who threw rocks


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

City of Stonecrest proposal passes key test












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