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Today in Black America - February 20

POSTED: February 13, 2015, 11:30 am

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Today in Black History: Military leader Idi Amin overthrows the Obote government and becomes the president and ruler of Uganda on this date in 1971
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The New York Times

Some Christie Supporters Now Turn Toward His Rivals


In Speech to Party, Obama to Parry G.O.P. on Economy


In Corporate Crimes, No Individual Accountability

At New York Private Schools, Challenging White Privilege From the Inside

Op-Ed Contributors: When Americans Lynched Mexicans

Opinion: Empathy, not Expulsion, for Preschoolers at Risk


Obama’s Economic Report Focuses on Income Inequality

States Consider Increasing Taxes for the Poor and Cutting Them for the Affluent



Philly.com

Mayoral candidate has trouble at the poles

Seth Williams: From Philly DA to U.S. Senate?

A.C. mayor: No plan to raise taxes

Worker stabbed to death after prank



The Star Ledger

Most still opposed to hike in N.J. gas tax, poll says

PARCC testing begins today for some N.J. students

Will the state renew Newark school chief's contract? One hint: "We're very pleased"

'A nice man': East Orange H.S. students shocked after teacher's drug, child porn arrest


The Christian Science Monitor


Difference Maker: Jonathan Rapping helps give poor and minority Americans a strong defense in court

AP History survives funding cut in Oklahoma. Here's why. (+video)


Wal-Mart raises worker pay. Good PR, better business. (+video)

Principal in the classroom: Can New Orleans school make it work?


The Washington Post

Christie losing major allies as they shift to Bush


More from Rudy Giuliani: How can it be racism? Obama’s mom was white.

Rudy Giuliani marginalized himself by saying Obama doesn’t ‘love’ America


Bill O’Reilly exaggerated war-zone experiences, Mother Jones says

After deaths of black men, outrage came easy. Change will be harder

Six start-ups trying to change how we eat

Jesse Jackson Jr. can’t escape the Federal Election Commission

How colleges are teaching Ferguson, Trayvon, etc.



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Prosecutor Tim McGinty calls for all police departments in Cuyahoga County to buy dashboard, body cameras

John Kasich's South Carolina trip illustrates the challenge in his hard-to-get 2016 strategy


The Los Angeles Times


AmEx limits on merchants violate U.S. antitrust laws, judge says


FDA knew of design flaw in scope linked to UCLA superbug

L.A. Unified candidates use Deasy as a platform springboard


USA Today

California's school suspensions show racial disparity

Detroit-area shopper: I was attacked for speaking Arabic


The Chicago Tribune

More than $1M fueling campaign in Chicago's newly drawn 2nd Ward

Rauner gets cold shoulder, pro-union rhetoric at Obama Pullman event


The Detroit Free Press

Parents of boy held in basement charged with torture

Q&A: Detroit bankruptcy judge on pensions, DIA, fees

Study: Michigan 7th among states with most school threats

Wayne County's bond rating slammed by financial woes










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