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Today in Black America - July 13

POSTED: July 13, 2016, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: New York City "Draft Riots" took place in 1863, when Irish mobs angry over being drafted killed hundreds of Blacks in a 4 day rampage.


The New York Times

National

For Resentful Whites, Trump Delivers Words of Resistance


Is Donald Trump Winning? Among Whites and Men, for Sure

Emerging Platform Goes Far to the Right


Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton, Hoping to Unify Democrats

‘You Broke My Heart’: Supporters of Bernie Sanders React to Endorsement


James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton’s Running Mate

House Panel Questions Loretta Lynch on Hillary Clinton’s Emails

Hillary Clinton to Speak on Unity at Site of Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ Speech

Law Enforcement Groups Press Trump and Clinton for Criminal Justice Overhaul


Senators Rally Behind Clinton College Tuition Plan Inspired by Sanders

Have the Dallas Police Improved? Depends on Whom You Ask

Philando Castile’s Last Night: Tacos and Laughs, Then a Drive

A Social Reflex: Police and Blacks, Seeing Threat, Close Ranks


Local


Mayor de Blasio, Informed by His Family, Steps Into Debate on Race

33 Suspected of Overdosing on Synthetic Marijuana in Brooklyn

Yale Drops Case Against Worker Who Smashed Window Depicting Slaves


New York Council Won’t Vote on Police Reform Bills, but Agency Agrees to Changes



The Christian Science Monitor


New evidence that what we think about cops and race is far too simplistic

Together, Obama and Bush seek national unity in Dallas


Behind legal fight over religious liberty, a question of conscience


The Star-Ledger


Newarkers remember 1967 riots that have defined city since (PHOTOS)

Sweeney delivers Christie new gas tax plan to end N.J. road project shutdown


Wisniewski: Christie holds N.J.'s roads hostage as he auditions for Trump job | Opinion

Feds investigating Bayonne police officer named in brutality lawsuit

Millburn schools settle suit spurred by racially-charged brawl, report says



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland officials acknowledge that tax increase is the only way to pay for police reform


Senate confirms Carole Rendon as northern Ohio's new U.S. attorney


Raise Up Cleveland holds rally for $15 minimum wage at East Side park

Cleveland police union head threatens to pull cops from Browns games over Isaiah Crowell's Instagram post

Report: New Black Panther Party chairman says his members will carry guns during protests prior to Republican National Convention


State superintendent's $20,000 bonus to depend on communications, ESSA and three-year plan for Ohio's schools

Why aren't record lottery profits cutting your school tax bills?


The Chicago Tribune


3 dead, 7 hurt in city shootings


Dozens allege police brutality, hostility at Justice Department forum

Cook County offers first transportation plan in 76 years


DuPage AME Church remembering Sandra Bland

Muslim group erects billboards designed to fight terrorism, Islamophobia


Illinois seeks to shut down state Obamacare insurer; 49,000 will lose insurance


The Detroit Free Press


Charles Pugh held on $500K bond on sex charges


Artist who tore down Detroit home: Trump, Clinton come sleep here


Dems cry foul over new furniture deal for Snyder cousin

No perjury charge in probe of Davontae Sanford case


The Washington Post


NRA criticized for response to police shooting of man who allegedly said he had carry permit


Sanders pledges to support Clinton


To further his ‘revolution,’ Sanders looks to launch up to three new organizations

President Obama can thank Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for his growing popularity

What Paul Ryan wants in Donald Trump’s vice-presidential selection


Donald Trump declines invitation to speak at NAACP convention


Three words that Republicans wrestle with: ‘Black Lives Matter’


Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls TPP passage unlikely

‘I don’t want to feel this way’: Former Miss Alabama calls Dallas gunman a ‘martyr’

D.C. Council approves new food service vendor for D.C. Public Schools

Virginia suspends driver’s licenses in ‘unconstitutional scheme,’ class action says

To kids living amid violence, a bullet is a bullet, no matter who fires the gun


USA Today


Poll: Trump catches Clinton in three swing states

3 men shot while streaming on Facebook Live


The Los Angeles Times


Will L.A. County voters want a pot tax to pay for homeless services?

Amid protests, panel finds that LAPD did not violate deadly force rules in shooting of black woman in South L.A.


Philly.com


Temple board ready to dismiss president Neil Theobald


Cop: Teen's shooting death after hoops game 'really doesn't make any sense'


Armstrong: Our race problem, as seen by an African visitor to A.M.E. confab

Philly A.M.E. leader: 'Social justice is in our DNA'









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