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Today in Black America - June 25

POSTED: June 25, 2015, 11:30 am

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Today in Black History: President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Commission by Executive Order 8802 on this date in 1941.


The New York Times

Justices Back Federal Health Care Subsidy


Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges


Blow: Confederate Flags and Institutional Racism

Kristof: Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start

Calls to Remove Confederate Statues in U.S. Capitol


The Upshot: Middle-Class Blacks; Low-Income Areas


Citing Ben Affleck’s ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’


Resignation Leaves a Sole Republican Judge on New York State’s Highest Court


The Star Ledger


Obamacare: Supreme Court upholds insurance subsidies for 6.4M people, including 172K in N.J.


These chic condos made from shipping containers are coming to Newark

Freeholders take control of Morris jail away from sheriff


Rowan U. plans to open medical school on NJIT's Newark campus


The Christian Science Monitor

Dixie fading? Confederate symbols under siege across South. (+video)

From retail stores to state houses, more say Confederate flag must go (+video)

Charleston debate: Is domestic extremism bigger threat than terrorism?



The Washington Post

Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge

Opinion: The Confederate battle flag is treasonous

Officials: Fire at black N.C. church was arson

3 survivors of the Charleston church shooting grapple with their memories

PowerPost: Univision cuts all ties with Donald Trump over immigrant ‘rapist’ comments

This is how you become a white supremacist

PBS suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ after review of Ben Affleck’s influence




The Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds subsidies for Obama's Affordable Care Act


Supreme Court upholds far-reaching racial discrimination rules for housing


L.A. schools Supt. Cortines wants out soon but sets no deadline

LAPD says witnesses thought unarmed man had a gun; attorney rejects police account


Philly.com

Court: Pro NRA Pa. law unconstitutional

PFT files charge against school district


West Chester, Cheyney look at ways to collaborate

Police shootings in Philadelphia plunge


For flag maker, ban was a 'moral decision'


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Can Cleveland learn from Cincinnati's long road to police reform?


Prosecutor: Tamir Rice investigation will be done within months

Census: Millennials outnumber baby boomers; most young children now minorities

United Church of Christ confronts social issues at Cleveland synod


The Chicago Tribune


PBS: 'Finding Your Roots' Affleck episode violated standards

Chicago school board president offers bleak assessment if state doesn't act


USA Today

Will Affleck flap cause 'Roots' cancellation?


Read the full opinion from the Supreme Court on Obamacare





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