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Today in Black America - April 18

POSTED: April 18, 2022, 7:30 am

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The Associated Press


Biden to require US-made steel, iron for infrastructure

Officer’s camera misses key moment of Patrick Lyoya’s death

Students make video to prove their high school needs repairs



The Washington Post

How Black washerwomen in the South became pioneers of American labor

Censorship battles’ new frontier: Your public library

Florida rejects math books with ‘references’ to critical race theory



The New York Times

For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy

Police Search for Suspects After Two Killed in Mass Shooting in Pittsburgh

Mar-a-Lago Machine: Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss


USA Today


Patrick Lyoya escaped violence in Congo for the 'safe haven' of the US. Then police killed him
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IRS backlog and drama won't end at midnight April 18

Man arrested in connection with South Carolina mall shooting that injured 14 placed on house arrest


NJ.com


When mask mandates end, advocate asks NJ Transit to have a face covering only car

Lift suspension and don’t merge Hudson branches, Jersey City NAACP urges national leadership


The MBA program at Rutgers is ranked highly. But amid 2 lawsuits, what do college rankings mean?



The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore-area students return from spring break this week. Here’s what health experts say about COVID in schools.

New construction contract for Maryland’s Purple Line signed

Seven people shot in separate incidents on Easter Sunday in Baltimore



The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Politically Georgia: A tidal wave of cash hits the Senate race

Georgia lawmakers get raises and higher pensions hoping for more diversity


EXCLUSIVE: The radical rise and cultish fall of the Black Hammers


The Chicago Sun-Times

One South Sider is using his second chance to help others with theirs

Chicago police supervisors obstructed probe of sergeant’s suicide, resigned before they could be fired, inspector general says

ATF cited stores that most often sold guns used in Chicago crimes, then let them off easy


The Los Angeles Times


‘Black-ish’ transformed television. Especially when it ‘ran into trouble’

‘Black-ish’ mastered the special episode. Here are the 10 best, according to its cast


Rick Caruso’s role in the 2002 rejection of a Black LAPD chief created a furor








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