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Today in Black America - February 23

POSTED: February 23, 2016, 7:00 am

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Today in Black America: Scholar, activist and NAACP founder Dr. William Edward Burghardt DuBois is born on this date in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

The New York Times
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National

No Video, No Scrutiny in Houston Shootings

Ted Cruz Fires Top Aide Rick Tyler Over Misleading Video Attacking Marco Rubio


Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will

How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It


Univision Aims to Make Hispanic Voting Bloc Even More Formidable


Donald Trump Says He’ll Release Tax Returns ‘at Some Point’

Grief Gives Way to Division in First Court Arguments Since Scalia’s Death


Five Women From ‘Black Lives Matter’ Campaign for Hillary Clinton in S. Carolina


16 Years After Bush v. Gore, Still Wrestling With Ballot-Box Rules

Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind

U.S. Economy Still on the Rise, White House Report Finds


Local


Jury Awards New York Firefighters $183 Million in 2005 Blaze

Off-Campus ‘Ghetto Party’ Condemned by Fairfield University

Atlantic City Officials Spurn Proposed Takeover by State

Watchdog Group Wants Investigation Into Groups’ Fund-Raising Efforts


The Christian Science Monitor


John Kasich and women who 'left the kitchen': What makes a gaffe?


Kasich cuts Planned Parenthood funding. Will this boost his campaign? (+video)

Here's why Bernie Sanders's revolution is not showing up


Philly.com


Philly to shut down unsanitary eyesores


Mobile museum honors black heritage in Bucks

NE Philly racist gets 41 years in blinding

Philly's burning nightmare, 25 years later

Praise, concerns voiced at public hearing on Philly pre-K


Star-Ledger


N.J. prisons see spike in inmate attacks on corrections officers, unions say


Republicans will push to loosen N.J. gun possession laws

ATM 'skimmers' a growing problem, gas stations and bankers say


Atlantic City mayor slams state takeover plan as 'fascist dictatorship'



The Detroit Free Press


Ex-Snyder aide: Financial focus led to crisis in Flint


Snyder recall petition over Flint water is approved by panel

Snyder plans to release e-mails on Flint back to 2011

Detroit mayor to give State of the City Address tonight

Refinery neighbors sue Marathon over pollution impacts

Van Buren superintendent is out amid test-results probe


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland police union votes not to endorse in prosecutor race

Former police detective kills himself in jail cell: Columbus News Roundup

Bernie Sanders to visit Northeast Ohio on Thursday


Gov. John Kasich adds a familiar name and face to his presidential campaign's communications team


Education 'deregulation' bill likely to clear Ohio House panel: What to watch for Monday


The Chicago Tribune

Victim of 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch 'doing more than probation'


CTA expands its public art program

Opposition to suburban mosque predictable, sad, Muslims say

Donald Trump calls out Cubs owners for campaign contributions

Feds confirm civil rights investigation into Waukegan District 60

Kirk: Obama Supreme Court nominee should get hearing

Judge eases travel restrictions for ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Arrest photo of young activist Bernie Sanders emerges from Tribune archives


The Washington Post


GOP mainstream flocks to Rubio as last hope against Trump

Robinson: Trump is the product of our failed political system

Editorial: GOP silence on Trump is inexcusable

Black Law Students at Georgetown angry at conservatives’ response to Scalia’s death

In 1992, Joe Biden argued against naming new justice in an election year


Sanders sharpening message, attacks on Clinton after Nevada loss


This hot mic recording just made MSNBC’s Scarborough-Trump headache worse

Actor Danny Glover and activist Ben Jealous size up Bernie Sanders’s outreach to black voters


Woman whose 3-year-old died in swing will get mental health treatment, not prison


Maryland lawmakers consider sweeping changes to policing policies


Hogan’s popularity remains high in Maryland, poll finds

Gun bills head to McAuliffe’s desk



The Los Angeles Times


Why a congresswoman from Los Angeles is talking about Africa

L.A. County spends more than $233,000 a year to hold each youth in juvenile lockup

Republican voter registration tanks in California as more voters than ever don't affiliate with a party

Four big questions await answers Tuesday in Nevada's Republican caucuses


Without a 'March miracle,' drought-like conditions will continue in Southern California



USA Today

Hollywood diversity report brings mostly silence from studios

Study: Reducing emissions would save 'thousands of lives' and 'billions of dollars'

Trump: Cubs’ owners ‘better be careful’










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