Today in Black History: Ira Aldridge, the great 19th century Black actor, famous throughout the world, was born in 1807 in New York City.
The New York Times
Editorial: How Racism Doomed Baltimore
Running From Police Is the Norm, Some Say
Patterson: The Real Problem With America’s Inner Cities
Blow: Of Museums and Racial Relics
Middle Class Fades, as Does Use of Term on Campaign Trail
Missouri Lawmakers Limit Revenue From Traffic Fines in St. Louis Area
Obama Pushes Skeptical Legislators Hard on Pacific Trade Deal
Obama Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Absolutely Wrong’ on Trade Deal
Liberia Conquers Ebola, but Faces a Crisis of Faith
Veterans Battle for Jobs on the Home Front
Suspects in Freddie Gray Case: A Portrait of Baltimore Police in Miniature
Two Police Officers Are Shot and Killed in Mississippi
West Point Names Barracks for Black Graduate Who Was Shunned
Patrick Lynch, Police Union Leader, Faces Election Fight
The Christian Science Monitor
How Nike came to embody the good and bad of Obama's free-trade push (+video)
Why Baltimore police want prosecutor Marilyn Mosby off Freddie Gray case (+video)
San Francisco wrestles with fallout from racist police texts (+video)
In arrest of cop for kicking black man, signs of shift on prosecuting police (+video)
The overbooked generation
Philly.com
30 years later, MOVE's lessons still not learned
Future of big-city policing on the ballot
Many forced out as schools outsource staff
Kane won't fire accused chief of staff
2 candidates, many millions
The Washington Post
In the thick of Baltimore’s riots, the leaders couldn’t connect on the phone
Baltimore can find many models for police reform
Georgia principal blames ‘the devil’ for racial remarks at graduation
3 arrested after 2 Mississippi police officers fatally shot
In New Hampshire, dismal poll numbers for Christie
For years, a Passport Agency contractor copied passport applicants’ data to create fake identities
How state unemployment compares to the national rate
Mothers and protesters rally in D.C. to demand police reforms
Purple Line decision is viewed as ‘inherently political’
Whose rights do these civil rights groups think they are protecting?
Ed tech company folds after receiving millions in Race to the Top funds
The Star Ledger
What are the chances of Atlantic City going bankrupt?
'Animal House' ordinance would hold Trenton landlords responsible for tenant's behavior
Medicaid wants N.J. to refund $8.4 million from overbilling
The Los Angeles Times
Editorial: L.A. Unified needs to do its homework on college-prep standards
Mother's Day brunch event honors women coping with great loss
S.F. police scandal focuses attention on dwindling number of blacks
The Detroit Free Press
Riley: Reading Works is model for workforce training
Free Press' Rochelle Riley to cohost new WJR talk show
Wayne County Jail criminal case appears to be faltering
Editorial: Better buses, balanced budgets: Advice for Metro's new CEO
The Chicago Tribune
Mothers hold South Side protest against police shootings
Illinois Supreme Court rules landmark pension law unconstitutional
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