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Today in Black America - June 2

POSTED: June 02, 2017, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Homer Plessy, a 30 year-old Black shoemaker, is jailed for sitting in the "white" car of a Louisiana railroad on this date in 1892.

The New York Times

National

Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Climate Accord, Saying It’s a Threat to U.S. Economy

NEWS ANALYSIS: A ‘Draconian’ Pact? The Facts Say Otherwise

EDITORIAL: Our Disgraceful Exit

Void in Leadership Opens Door to Global Upheaval

Cities, States and Businesses Circumvent the President

Opinion: The Past 50 Years of Israeli Occupation. And the Next.


White House Waivers May Have Violated Ethics Rules


Democrats Sought Inquiry of Testimony by Sessions at His Confirmation Hearing


White House Asks Supreme Court to Revive Travel Ban


Maine’s Governor Wants Inmates to Fill Jobs, Not Cells

Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days

Some Hires by Betsy DeVos Are a Stark Departure From Her Reputation

Colleges Celebrate Diversity With Separate ‘Commencements’


Local

Noise as a Weapon? Police Use of Sound Cannons Questioned

A Few Months Before Its Official Opening, Tappan Zee Bridge Is Drivable

Officer’s Indictment Makes Good on Prosecutor’s Plea for Patience



Philly.com


Trump to Pittsburgh: Drop dead. Again

Philly principal hit with a brick at school dismissal


Councilman David Oh on attack: 'I'm very lucky'


3 kids slain, 1 clinging to life, in 6 deadly days in Philly

Christie, ripping 'Goldman Sachs politics,' calls Democratic front-runner Murphy a 'fraud'


The Detroit Free Press


FBI swat team in Dearborn for national security issue

Duggan, other Dems agree: Party has a lot of work to do on unity

Lawsuit: Voters should decide if Little Caesars Arena gets public funding

Michigan bids for $7B plant by Taiwan electronics giant Foxconn


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed pitches program to rehab houses, train ex-offenders for jobs


Ohio GOP Senate primary heats up quickly: Ohio Politics Roundup


Prosecutors have a duty to correct Kevin Keith's wrongful murder conviction: Jason Flom (Opinion)

What are the health implications of Arco Recycling dump?

East Cleveland residents still worried but happy to see Arco Recycling dump go

Ohio EPA spending $6 million to clean up Arco dump in East Cleveland


The Star-Ledger


N.J. lawmaker blasted for pushing Trump Obamacare repeal fights back

Is N.J. Transit ready for the Summer of Hell? Doesn't seem promising | Editorial

Citizens should not vote on N.J.'s Supreme Court judges | Editorial


Move to raise age for N.J. tobacco sales to 21 gains momentum again


Fatal shooting by Vineland police justified, prosecutor says

NJCU student found dead in dorm room 7 days after he last entered building


The Chicago Tribune


Why we stay: Notable Chicagoans talk about why they call city home

Chicago only major U.S. city to lose population from 2015 to 2016

State lawmakers approve bill that could end landline service in Illinois

Chicago State University spent $300K in school funds for West Side campus that's now shelved

Passage of Illinois minimum wage bill generates worker optimism, employer anxiety


The Los Angeles Times


Even before the train killings, Portland was embroiled in conflicts over hate and racism


Why Inglewood has given few details of a deadly police shooting even after the 5 officers involved left the force


Editorial: The clearest evidence yet that Trump is turning the U.S. into a force for bad in the world

Gov. Jerry Brown, America's unofficial climate change ambassador in the Trump era, heads to China


The Washington Post


President calls withdrawal from the Paris accord a ‘reassertion of America’s sovereignty’

U.S. states, major companies break with Trump’s decision to exit the climate deal


Explanation for Paris exit is based on spurious claims


Obama laments ‘absence of American leadership’

Chinese media blasts Trump as ‘selfish and irresponsible’

As Americans take their time paying taxes, government is running out of cash


Clinton can’t pin her election loss on the DNC’s shortcomings


Big missteps brought an American retail icon to the edge of collapse

A Beltway tradition is ailing. Will we miss the White House briefing if it dies?

Threat shuts down college embroiled in racial dispute

African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why?

In Trump’s America, Black Lives Matter activists grow wary of their smartphones


Jason Whitlock called LeBron James too rich to be hurt by racism. Martellus Bennett wasn’t having it.

D.C. council member urges action on D.C.’s mid-year teacher resignations

DC’s Grocery Gap Reflects City’s Income Divide



USA Today

Numbers in May jobs report key to Fed move

Almost half of Americans die nearly broke


GOP congressman on climate change: God will 'take care of it' if it's real











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