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Today in Black America - November 16

POSTED: November 16, 2015, 7:00 am

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Today in Black History: Blues composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, known as the “Father of the Blues,” was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873.

The New York Times

National

Jeb Bush Says U.S. ‘Should Declare War’ in Fight Against Islamic State

Charleston Mayor, Champion for Integration, Prepares to Bow Out

Baltimore Homicide Total Surpasses 300 for the Year

Rivals at Democratic Debate Attack Hillary Clinton


Republican Candidates Urge Aggressive Response After Paris Attacks

Efforts to Rein In Arbitration Come Under Well-Financed Attack

Watching Missouri From Afar, and Seeing Lesson for All Black Athletes

Yale College Dean Torn by Racial Protests


Local

New York State Workers Laud Higher Minimum Pay

Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention

At Trial, Prosecutors to Detail Dean Skelos’s Favors for His Son


The Christian Science Monitor

Will Missouri moment lead to toppling of more US college presidents?

Sexting scandals: how to protect kids from risky behavior – and legal fallout


The Star Ledger

Record number of N.J. residents living in poverty, study finds

Hudson rail tunnel sees progress, but Traffic Armageddon still a risk | Editorial


Christie's 'poster boy for greed' back in Parsippany schools

Bodies of 2 dead babies found in vacant lot, reports say

Torn on Christie: Don't be president, but don't come home | Moran


Philly.com


Fattah hires ex-city managing director

City Ave strip renamed for late newsman

Kenney left Council; his staff stayed put


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Wilberforce University maintains its accreditation

Cleveland police searching for missing 16-year-old girl


Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says community groups vital to successful police reform (video)

Cleveland mayor, police chief to address community leaders, discuss consent decree (live coverage)

Cleveland police officers say they were not indifferent to Tamir Rice's gunshot wounds

Woman who died in Cleveland police custody identified


The Detroit Free Press


Big issues left for Legislature: DPS and energy reform

DPD chief: Deadly police chase violated dept. policy


Help on way for homeless man splashed in McDonald's prank

Detroiter gets 30-day reprieve from Fannie Mae eviction



The Los Angeles Times

Police beating after high-speed chase in San Francisco under investigation

Laurene Powell Jobs launches college-support program in Watts


Governors Awards: Academy bestows honors, announces new diversity initiative


The Washington Post

Black Americans more susceptible to nonfatal force by police, DOJ says

Forced reforms, mixed results

Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan’s anti-Muslim comments

Climate scientists to be grilled by congressional investigators, but their e-mails are still off-limits

‘AP Lite’ for poor, urban kids is a pipe dream that ignores school realities

Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion restrictions

Jeb Bush comments on Yale, Missouri controversies

Georgetown University to rename two buildings that reflect school’s ties to slavery

Women in D.C. housing-first units concentrate on their futures

Agencies spar over readiness of Maryland’s new voting system


The Chicago Sun-Times

Byrd-Bennett entitled to at least $140K in public pensions; cost CPS $900K


Rep. Danny Davis endorses Andrea Zopp for Senate

Editorial: Suburbs, like big cities, need government watchdogs


USA Today

More doctors offering direct-pay health care

Tech entrepreneur, diversity advocate Hank Williams dies at 50










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