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Today in Black America - April 14

POSTED: April 14, 2016, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: Elston Howard becomes the first Black player on the New York Yankees baseball team on this date in 1955.

The New York Times

National

Bernie Sanders in Washington Square Park

Bernie Sanders, in New York, Presses Fight Against ‘Status Quo’


Hillary Clinton Gets Tepid Response at Black Activist Conference

Bernie Sanders Relishes Backing From a Fellow Senator and a Labor Union

Tensions Ease Between Donald Trump and Party Leader as New York Primary Nears

Democrats Prepare to Debate as G.O.P. Candidates Gather for Dinner

What to Look For in the Democratic Debate


Senators Propose Holding Part of Refunds for Taxpayers’ ‘Rainy Day’ Funds


Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds

Teacher Tenure Is Challenged Again in a Minnesota Lawsuit

Teenager Who Used ‘Affluenza’ Defense Is Sentenced to Jail


Zika Virus Causes Birth Defects, Health Officials Confirm


Hastert Accuser, a Former Wrestler, Is Expected to Testify at Sentencing


Local


Segregation Issue Complicates de Blasio’s Housing Push


What It’s Like to Live in Segregated New York

Juror Imperils Conviction of Peter Liang, Ex-Officer, in Brooklyn Killing

De Blasio Plays Down Contact With Men at Heart of U.S. Inquiry



The Christian Science Monitor

How can Chicago police rebuild trust?

Want to shrink the wage gap? Help parents care for kids.

The mounting call for a humanitarian revolution

Good jobs without a degree? Boston's $3 million test.


The Star-Ledger


Bridgegate lawyers say creating traffic jam is not a federal crime

Ted Cruz will be on N.J. ballot after judge's ruling, Lt. Governor says


Jersey City plan to replace cops with security guards is halted


Fulop rethinking support of North Jersey casino expansion


Audio recording on NJ Transit is an appalling intrusion | Editorial


The  Chicago Tribune


As a lawmaker, Hastert urged life sentences for repeat child molesters

Hastert's attorneys have nerve to ask if coach's groin massage is abuse?

Emanuel acknowledges racism in CPD; task force recommends sweeping changes

Northwestern University opening more doors to community college students

Daughter's social media posts undermine Reynolds' care claims, prosecutors say

With violence up, top cop proposes moving detectives back to West Side


Philly.com


After most recent suicide, Penn students demand action

Ubiñas: Good cops must speak out about bad colleagues


City employees still taking DROP money and coming back

Ross: City police staffing lowest in 22 years

Girl, 14, stabbed inside Philadelphia school


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Former Kasich advisor Robert Sommers among five finalists for state superintendent job

Who wants to be Ohio's new state superintendent? See the full list of candidates here

Dayton first-grade teacher placed on leave, accused in altercation with student

Columbus duo accused of live-streaming rape


Ex-Cleveland Brown Reggie Rucker says concussions possibly caused him to steal from nonprofits


The Washington Post


Feds urged to fight ‘unconscious bias’ in hiring and promotions

Bernie Sanders sliced Hillary Clinton’s New York lead in half since early March

Packed protest greets Trump in Pittsburgh


Bernie Sanders rallies 27,000 in Manhattan


Having so many Southern states vote early ‘kind of distorts reality,’ Bernie Sanders says


Bernie Sanders proves a celebrity magnet in New York


Bernie Sanders wants the U.S. to stop having the highest child poverty rate among rich countries. Here’s how you can do it.


What the Panama Papers don’t say about global finance is just as troubling

Not just reading and math: Education Secretary to call for return to a ‘well-rounded education’

Florida congressman labels Metro a ‘screwed-up mess’; board chairman says federal government not paying fair share


Wil Wheaton and the USA Science and Engineering Festival want your kids to be curious



The Los Angeles Times


Hillary Clinton fights to secure black vote in New York in face of recent racial missteps


Selling T-shirts and toys on Figueroa: For L.A.'s poor, it's a way to make ends meet

Seize a homeless person's property? Not so fast, a federal judge tells L.A.

California doesn't have enough housing, and lawmakers aren't doing much about it

Lakers' win transforms Kobe Bryant's send-off from scripted to spectacular

Plaschke: Bryant goes out shots blazing in magical finish, even for him


USA Today


Task force finds Chicago Police Department plagued by racism

Reports: Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted


The Detroit Free Press

DPS: Elevated lead or copper found in 19 Detroit schools

Open carry day brings gun toters to state Capitol


M-1 Rail work source of Henry Ford Hospital water discoloration

Food protests spreads to third Michigan prison












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