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Today in Black America - May 11

POSTED: May 11, 2016, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Ira Aldridge, the great 19th century Black actor, famous throughout the world, was born in 1807 in New York City.

The New York Times

National


Three Crucial States Show Tight Races Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Sanders’s West Virginia Victory Prolongs Race With Clinton

Clinton, in Shift to Left, Favors Wider Access to Medicare


Hillary Clinton Backs Income Limits on Parents’ Costs for Child Care

Donald Trump, Bucking Calls to Unite, Claims ‘Mandate’ to Be Provocative

Ted Cruz Declines to Support Donald Trump, and Muses About Re-entering Race

Merrick Garland Completes Nominee Questionnaire for the Senate

West Point Won’t Punish Cadets in Raised-Fist Photo


Transgender Fight in North Carolina May Hinge On 1964 Law


2nd Trial Over Freddie Gray Will Be Decided by Judge


Citadel Denies Student’s Request to Wear a Hijab


Local


Sued, Cuomo Says He Supports New York Farmworkers’ Right to Organize

Feeling the Full-Bodied Joy of Students Who Got a Late Start


Cuomo Distances Himself From Lobbyist at Center of Inquiry



The Christian Science Monitor


Why Hiroshima speech will mean so much to Obama

More Americans, Japanese saying Hiroshima bombing was wrong

25 hedge managers made $13 billion in 2015. Are the rich becoming richer?

How Ferguson heals: beyond police chief, need for deeper change

What is gender identity? 'Bathroom bill' lawsuits offer contrasting views.

Making America blue again? Donald Trump and taxing the rich.

THE MONITOR'S VIEW Obama’s best legacy on race


The Star-Ledger


Christie may be on Trump's vice president short list, report says


Have N.J. lawmakers given up on effort to save Atlantic City from bankruptcy?

Investigation continues into death of N.J. schools chief

No racism at Kean U, controversial audit says

N.J. may boost tax credit to help 'unnoticed' low-income families



Philly.com


Tribal leaders implore Army: Bring our children home

Phila. traditions on trial in 'Feibush v. Johnson'

Phila. Council president indicates he favors keeping city commissioners



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland teachers consider a fall strike as frustration grows over evaluations, Cleveland Plan

Prosecutors want Reggie Rucker detained at home until sentencing after golf course dust-up

Cleveland City Council extends hours for Public Square, Mall areas

New poll on Ohio's U.S. Senate race to be released: What to watch for Wednesday

Cleveland daycare workers sentenced to prison for beating 2-year-old

Student sprayed with pepper spray at Cleveland high school



The Detroit Free Press


Foundations pledge nearly $125M to Flint recovery

DPS can't afford reckoning of Lansing's mismanagement


Plea hearing today for Detroit schools vendor Norman Shy

Nine Democrats, 1 Republican file for Smith Senate seat


Feds receive complaint against Lansing council



The Chicago Tribune

2 dead, 5 hurt in Chicago shootings

Illinois Senate passes school funding bill, but prospects uncertain

Emanuel keeps Wall Street waiting on pension overhaul

State says CPS doesn't warrant financial intervention


The Los Angeles Times


Kamala Harris is focus of California's final U.S. Senate debate before primary

Do new charter schools really cost L.A. Unified more than $500 million a year? Charter and district leaders respond

The drugs to execute criminals could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, California prison agency records show


Deputies charged in San Francisco beating caught on video

It's time to craft workable solutions to homelessness


The Washington Post


A first look inside the Smithsonian’s African American museum: Stunning views, grand scale

West Point cadets pictured in fist-raising photo did not break any rules, inquiry finds

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has posted a list of 71 priests accused of sexually abusing children

The problem that school choice has not solved

At the University of North Carolina, no resolution to tense standoff over transgender ‘bathroom law’


Yes, the feds could pull North Carolina’s education funding for violating transgender civil rights


One city’s solution to drinking water contamination? Get rid of every lead pipe.

Sanders celebrates W. Va. win, as Clinton looks to Ky.

House set to pass legislation aimed at heroin and painkiller abuse

Md. legislators endorse resettlement of Syrians in letter to Gov. Hogan



USA Today


Sanders rally draws thousands in Oregon


Three dead, four injured in stabbing at Massachusetts mall, home

Poll: 3 battleground Senate races still tight

Panama Papers: What we know now









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