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Today in Black America - July 14

POSTED: July 14, 2016, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: The George Washington Carver National Monument is dedicated in 1943 in Diamond, Missouri in honor of the famous scientist.

The New York Times


National


Emails Weigh on Clinton, Poll Finds, as Trump Pulls Even


Hillary Clinton, at Site of Lincoln Speech, Laments G.O.P.’s Turn to Donald Trump

Opinion: What Clinton Should Have Said About Race


Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds

Rights Groups Sue Over Police Tactics in Baton Rouge Protests

Kristof: A History of White Delusion


Trump’s Words of Resistance Stir Resentful Whites


Tebow Heads List of Convention Speakers

How Private Equity Found Power and Profit in State Capitols


Nearly Four-Fifths of White Evangelicals Say They’ll Vote for Donald Trump

House Democrats Unveil Campaign Agenda in Hopes of Gaining Ground

Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis

Armstrong Williams, Ex-Adviser to Ben Carson, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment


Families and Fellow Officers Honor Victims of Dallas Sniper



Local


Bronx District Attorney Says New System Will Reduce Case Delays

3 Plead Not Guilty in New York Police Corruption Case


Yale Drops Case Against Worker Who Smashed Window Depicting Slaves


The Christian Science Monitor


Protests erupt after commission finds LAPD fatal shooting was justified (+video)


Why presidential candidates' faith matters less and less to voters

Dallas speech reveals Obama as a theologian-in-chief (+video)


What Bernie Sanders won in return for endorsing Clinton (+video)


One year on, Obama's Iran nuclear deal still hangs in the balance


The Star-Ledger


N.J. town facing $5M lawsuit over fatal police shooting


6 inmates alleging prison guard's sex assault will get a trial


Why Christie wasn't picked as vice president 4 years ago

N.J. sets deadline for testing school water for lead



Philly.com


Growing rift between Temple president and board set stage for ouster, sources say

The scandal of American universities goes way beyond Temple

Ubiñas: The disease of gun violence killed Philly teen

Philly's new DHS commissioner says she's excited about tough job ahead


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Attorney general should handle police lethal force cases, Ohio Supreme Court task force recommends

Cleveland police chief says officers will be 'closely watching' open-carry advocates during RNC

Black Panther Party chairman says report about bringing guns to Cleveland RNC is 'disingenuous'

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson acknowledges challenges, says Republican National Convention will be safe

Cleveland City Council committees recommend rejection of $15 citywide minimum wage (Video)


The Chicago Tribune


Downtown vigil marks one-year anniversary of Sandra Bland’s death

2 dead, 5 wounded in city shootings

CPS principals get budgets that maintain cuts made in February

EDITORIALS: Chicago teachers: It's your turn to rescue CPS


Grad student who wanted to flee Chicago violence reconsiders: 'I know that my work isn't done.'


The Detroit Free Press


Gov. Rick Snyder seeks Mich. Supreme Court opinion on school funding


Black group alleges members arrested and assaulted by Detroit Police

Sex offender bill clears committee


Metro Youth Day 2016 brings out 35,000 to Belle Isle



The Los Angeles Times


Kamala Harris says Minnesota police wouldn't have shot Philando Castile if he were white

Fresno police release body-camera footage of fatal shooting of unarmed 19-year-old

Black Lives Matter demonstrators rope off LAPD HQ with crime scene tape after City Hall sit-in

Former L.A. Unified teacher fired after allegations of inappropriate behavior allowed to sue for defamation


The Washington Post


Clinton to stress commitment to deferring deportations in speech to Latino group

U.S. made $136.7 billion in improper payments in 2015, a growing problem


Obama’s strange claim that it is easier for teens to buy a Glock than get a book


Obama huddles with politicians, police and activists on racial bias

On the Senate floor, black GOP senator talks of disrespect from police


Gingrich is a vice-presidential finalist, but his last campaign is still millions in debt


Clinton and Trump are the oldest candidates ever. No one seems to care.

Millennials aren’t going to solve the nation’s massive racial divides

Three S.C. first responders fired for threatening comments about protesters

Haunting relics from a slave ship headed for African American museum


Uncovering the slave ship Sao Jose Paquete d' Africa


Virginia congressman said Obama ‘reaped what he sowed’ over Dallas shooting


Facebook live-stream of Norfolk shooting adds new dimension to videos of crimes



USA Today


Poll: Most Americans believe racism is a serious problem

#AllLivesMatter hashtag is racist, critics say

Detective demoted after anti-Black Lives Matter rant







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