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Today in Black America - December 19

POSTED: December 19, 2016, 9:00 am

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Today in Black History: Dr. Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of "Negro History Week" is born in 1875.


The New York Times


National


Senators Push to Broaden Inquiry on Russian Hacking


The Electoral College Meets Today. Here’s What to Expect.

The Final Lap to the White House

Trump’s Electoral College Victory Ranks 46th in 58 Elections

Many Claims of Voter Fraud, but Few Valid Reports

Editorial: Ben Carson’s Warped View of Housing

Policies on Slaves’ Lives Helped Build Today’s Companies

Longtime Business Lobbyist Laments Loss of ‘Smoke-Filled Rooms’ in Washington

All This Talk of Voter Fraud? Across U.S., Officials Found Next to None


Women Make Up Majority of U.S. Law Students for First Time


Local


The Mosque Next Door: City Law vs. Houses of Faith


Fordham Basketball Coach Recruits With an Academic Fast Track



The Christian Science Monitor


North Carolina's new law pushes the partisan envelope


Did free college save this city?

How underwater drone could set tone for Trump's new relationship with China



The Star-Ledger

Deal possible on Christie's controversial newspaper 'revenge bill'

The state of hate, bias and inequality in N.J.

Busy voting session also includes bills on ride-sharing companies, unequal pay


Even the EDA thinks we've gotten crazy with tax incentives | Editorial


What 2 ex-N.J. governors say about Christie's approval rating; Trump's cabinet picks


Philly.com

Lawyer linked to Mumia case named to U.S. civil rights post

Phila. schools getting $750k in book money from DNC host committee

Facing a wave of calls, Pa. electors sounding unshakable

Ailing Chester Upland schools get holiday gift of supplies from area teachers



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio will "decriminalize" truancy under new law

Logrolled bills like SB 331 are a constitutional affront that needs to end: editorial

Gov. Kasich should veto potentially pernicious bill on eliminating state agencies: editorial

Ohioans contributed far more for the RNC in Cleveland than Ohio companies received in RNC-related work



The Detroit Free Press


Detroit's election woes: 782 more votes than voters


Flint water crisis: A visual essay

$2.1M grant supports Michigan State work with Flint schools

Critics call Michigan jail pay-to-stay programs counterproductive

How program goes far beyond ‘paying kids to stop killing’ each other


The Chicago Tribune


3 wounded in city shootings

4 killed on Far South Side may have died in home invasion: Cops

Pharmacy groups talk reforms after Tribune report on risky drug interactions

Morning Spin: With Cochran indicted, will Rhymefest run for alderman again?

Aldermen: Let CPD hire people with 'minor drug and criminal offenses'


The Washington Post


The electoral college is poised to pick Trump — despite push to dump him

Why there’s a battle royale to lead the Democratic Party, and what it means for the Trump era

DNC chair candidates race into North Carolina fight

In two years, police killed 86 people brandishing guns that looked real — but weren’t

This math class is pushing students to realize they’re smarter than they think

Montgomery schools chief proposes expansion to language, career programs

The new standardized testing craze to hit public schools

The real problem with Head Start — and why it needs a fresh start

Alternative high schools are giving D.C. students another shot at graduation


Va. high school students assail new school boundary plan

William Simons, combative leader of Washington Teachers’ Union, dies at 92


The Los Angeles Times


How L.A. is housing thousands of homeless long before Proposition HHH units get built

The feds look at Orange County's jail scandal


USA Today


Could the Electoral College elect Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump?


Electoral College belongs in 1787: John Conyers Jr.






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