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Today in Black America - November 29

POSTED: November 29, 2017, 9:00 am

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Today in Black History: Legendary Harlem congressman and minister Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908.

The New York Times

National

NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Misconduct Allegation

Younger Democrats Hope Conyers’s Fall Heralds Big Change

EDITORIAL: Senate Considers Making a Terrible Tax Bill Worse


What the Tax Bill Would Look Like for 25,000 Middle-Class Families

Tax Bill Clears Senate Panel as Support Widens Among G.O.P.

Trump Feuds With Democrats as Budget Deadline Looms


The Repeal of Net Neutrality Hastens the Internet’s Death

Air Force Did Not Report Convictions to Gun Database

Gunman Opens Fire From Reno Condominium

Hawaii Brings Back a Cold War-Era Nuclear Warning System



Local

Pushing New Yorkers Beyond the End of the Line

New York’s Tilt Toward Congestion Pricing Was Years in the Making

Warring Democrats in New York Pledge a Truce, for Now



Philly.com

Burned body found atop SEPTA train identified as Philadelphia teen

Philly jazz great Archie Shepp's 1972 album about African American mass incarceration is scarily relevant today

Feds raid offices, home of Philly nonprofit CEO

Pa. justices weigh if rapper's words were a crime or protected by First Amendment


The Detroit Free Press


New Conyers accuser says lawmaker stripped in Washington hotel room


Conyers' son says treatment of dad disconcerting

Michigan's school improvement plan gets OK from DeVos

Ex-utility director gets praise, reduced charge in Flint water plea



The Star-Ledger


Fellow Democrats not sold on Murphy's big plans for legal weed, millionaire's tax

Cop charged with assault for allegedly kicking handcuffed person in the face

PATH extension to Newark airport set for public meetings this week


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland City Council reallocates $9 million left over in the budget from unfilled jobs

Ohio mother accused of encouraging fight at high school


Ohio high school band director accused of rape


Cleveland man who livestreamed gang threats and his arrest on Instagram gets prison time


The Chicago Tribune

Man left with brain damage after jail nightmare that began with minor traffic stop

Gutierrez tries to anoint Garcia successor in Chicago politics shake-up

Johnson Publishing building to become apartments after $10 million sale


The Washington Post

‘He creates his own reality’: From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump paints the rosiest possible picture

Inside the White House, Michael Flynn pushed a proposal from a company he said he had advised

North Korea’s latest missile launch appears to put entire U.S. within its range


White House correspondent for right wing website arrested as UConn students disrupt his speech

Undercover conservative activist rented basement apartment in home of top Democratic operative

The Finance 202: Sen. Johnson and small business groups have concerns about tax package. But they may support it anyway.

Jealous names Susan Turnbull, a former vice chair of the DNC, as his running mate

Milloy: An advocate for diversity in the media is still pressing for representation

Hogan unveils new paid sick-leave measure in hopes of avoiding veto override

Montgomery, Prince George’s reach deal to preserve affordable housing along Purple Line



The Los Angeles Times


What happens if Congress doesn't fund the health insurance used by almost 2 million kids and pregnant women in California?

President Trump seems keen on picking fights with athletes. Or is it with black athletes?

Sexual harassment allegations lead to one state legislator's immediate resignation


USA Today

Trump retweets several videos alleging physical attacks by Muslims posted by far-right British leader

Suspect arrested in series of Tampa homicides







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