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October 05, 2024

Oscar De Priest, the first Black to serve in Congress in the 20th century, was born in Florence, Alabama in 1871.

Today in Black America - August 28

POSTED: August 28, 2024, 8:30 am

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The New York Times

How the Federal Cases Against Donald Trump Came Sputtering Back to Life


Keeping Track of the Trump Criminal Cases

Voting Rights for Nebraska Felons in Flux as Election Day Approaches


The Washington Post


Opinion: The Trump effect: Politicians are in no hurry to craft policy solutions

She was accused of a crime for taking a ballot selfie. Now she’s suing.

Cuts to race-based scholarships block path to college, students say


USA Today


Georgia Election Board's new rules could spur 'doubt and suspicion'

Is Georgia in play for Dems? Harris looks to cut into Trump's lead

Surgeon General advisory: Parents need mental health support amid youth crisis


The Los Angeles Times


‘It feels like a fortress.’ California students return to college amid tighter security over protests

Abcarian: Are Kamala Harris’ Democrats taking back the flag-waving patriotism claimed by Republicans?

State Bar accuses L.A. lawyer of misleading inmates and their desperate families


The Associated Press


Both parties have supported a higher child tax credit – but then their plans for families diverge

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Feds file new indictment against Trump over his efforts to undo 2020 election


NJ.com

N.J. is opening one of its most massive high schools ever. Here’s a sneak peek inside.

N.J. council member resigns after charges of $85K theft from infant death nonprofit

$322K salary makes Jersey City schools chief highest-paid public district superintendent in state



The Chicago Sun-Times


Developers of color shut out of multi-unit family housing in Chicago, analysis finds

Chicago may soon be largest city in Northern Hemisphere without an intercity bus terminal

COVID-19 also attended last week’s Democratic National Convention, infecting 'too many'


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


MURPHY: What happened to ‘election integrity’ for State Election Board?

Georgia to be backdrop of Harris, Walz first sit-down interview


OPINION: The history behind the newest John Lewis monument



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