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Today in Black America - August 16

POSTED: August 16, 2016, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History:  The first postage stamp designed by a Black graphic artist, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of emancipation, was issued in 1963
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The Milwaukee Journal

Milwaukee works to solve job crisis

Sherman Park unrest decades in the making


Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett talks about the city's violent weekend


The New York Times


National

Pennsylvania’s Top Prosecutor Is Found Guilty of 9 Charges

Donald Trump’s Terrorism Plan Mixes Cold War Concepts and Limits on Immigrants

Biden Warns Trump Is Risk to U.S. Security

What a Clinton Landslide Map Would Look Like, and How Trump Could Still Rally

Memorial in Alabama Will Honor Victims of Lynching

Flint’s Water Crisis and the ‘Troublemaker’ Scientist

In U.S. Jails, a Constitutional Clash Over Air-Conditioning


Angry After Milwaukee Police Shooting, Protesters Turn Against Media, Too

Delays Persist in Shuttering D.C. Homeless Shelter That Few Consider Livable

Coal Industry, Feeling Cornered, Peeks at Big Tobacco Playbook



Local


New York City to Pay $4.1 Million to Family of Akai Gurley


Concerns About Mayor de Blasio’s Response After Imam and Assistant Are Killed

Waiting 8 Days in the Heat for a Chance at a Middle-Class Job


From False Alarm to Panic: Inside Kennedy Airport’s Chaotic Night


Philly.com


Jury: A.G. Kane guilty of perjury, obstruction, all other charges

After Kane's conviction, what's next?

Gov. Wolf calls for Kane to resign immediately

D.A. Williams belatedly reports $160,050 in gifts

State Supreme Court agrees: SRC can't cancel teacher contract


The Christian Science Monitor


Why more black parents are home-schooling their kids

What Milwaukee is doing right (+video)

After Milwaukee protests, will police release video of weekend shooting?


The Star-Ledger


N.J. avoids credit rating downgrade despite pension, road funding woes


Former Bergen County executive overstepped limits of power, N.J. Supreme Court rules


Fulop's 2012 job with Port Authority tenant draws scrutiny


The $4B road to a runaway American Dream


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Teachers Union head calls for strike


Punch, hit or slap? What happened when police officer struck handcuffed Cleveland woman?


Cleveland Clinic study says men are reluctant to discuss their health or be proactive


Cuyahoga County Council awards $355,681 to local veterans aid programs


Federal judge rules Ohio's effort to defund Planned Parenthood is unconstitutional, permanently blocks law


The Detroit Free Press


State to take aggressive action, close failing schools


Flint: Why government shouldn't be run like a business

Detroit PAL plan to rent out Tiger Stadium site draws fire


Michigan race offers hope to Muslim parents nationwide



The Chicago Tribune


Chicago-based activists downplay Milwaukee role, call protest 'righteous'


27 children shot in Chicago this year: 'Little kids getting shot out there is just stupid'

52 shot: Pace of gun violence in Chicago remains high over another weekend

EDITORIALS: Can Illinois voters amend their constitution or not?


The Washington Post


Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort named in Ukraine anti-corruption probe

In Scranton, Pa., Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden’s memory lane tour is an appeal to white working-class Democrats

NRA 'Hypocrite Hillary' | Campaign 2016

Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll

Implicit bias training seeks to counter hidden prejudice in law enforcement

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘major’ speech on the Islamic State

North Carolina asks Supreme Court to restore strict voting procedures

Glenn Beck urges conservatives to understand ‘Black Lives Matter’


Ciivil liberties groups ask FCC to probe Baltimore police use of cell phone tracking devices

To push 21st Century economic success, Clinton and Trump should focus on education


The Los Angeles Times


New initiative aims to help small businesses with L.A. permitting burdens


Mono County doctor pleads guilty to looting Native American artifacts from public lands


The Baltimore Sun


NAACP Legal Defense Fund requests documents from Baltimore County Police about fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines


Baltimore police union VP suspended for email calling protesters 'thugs'

FCC complaint: Baltimore Police breaking law with use of stingray phone trackers

Baltimore City Council sends $15 minimum wage bill back to committee








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