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Today in Black America - July 26

POSTED: July 26, 2017, 12:00 pm

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Today in Black History: The Republic of Liberia, founded by the American Colonization Society to resettle freed African slaves, gains independence in 1847
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The New York Times


National


Opinion: Let Black Kids Just Be Kids


Round 2 for Health Bill After a No Vote

McCain Helps President Who Derided Him


New Books Discuss How to Reform Racist Policing

Trump Is on Track to Insult 650 People, Places and Things on Twitter by the End of His First Term


After Trump Injects Politics Into Speech, Boy Scouts Face Blowback

Trump Forbids Military Service by Transgender People

Decades Later, Memphis to Compensate Black Sanitation Strikers of 1968

Forces Align Against a New Military Branch to ‘Win Wars’ in Space


Local


Keith Baird, Linguist Who Fought the Use of ‘Negro,’ Dies at 94

$800 Million Subway Rescue Plan Adds Cars and Subtracts Seats


Amid Transit Crisis, Cuomo Plans a Rare Visit to Washington


Watchdogs Say Cuomo Is Skirting Campaign Finance Rules


Philly.com


Aide pleads guilty, says Brady campaign paid primary challenger to quit

30K in Pa. lose SNAP benefit due to work rules; Philly numbers stay high

Danger on the tracks: 2 Philly kids lose legs in train accidents


The Star-Ledger

Guadagno to announce running mate Thursday, but it's the worst-kept secret in N.J. GOP

How much are you paying your county freeholders?


New Jersey's 3 gun buybacks: What you need to know


The Chicago Tribune

Justice Department rules intensify crackdown on sanctuary cities like Chicago

Chicago City Council starts taking public comments today


JOHN KASS: So when will the Illinois lottery fund education?


Glitches in transfer of 529 college savings plans are resolved, state says

CLARENCE PAGE: Democrats finally realize just being anti-Trump isn't enough


The Los Angeles Times


Police Commission rules LAPD officer justified in fatally shooting 14-year-old in Boyle Heights

Pasadena officer who investigated overdose was skeptical of USC med school dean's story, recording shows


32 inmates awarded $2.5 million in abuse settlement involving Rancho Cucamonga jail


Sheriff investigates 'disturbing' claims of deputy misconduct with youth in mentoring program


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Akron child killer Ronald Phillips put to death in first Ohio execution in 3 years

Cleveland anti-violence advocate indicted in triple shooting


Restrictions on red-light, speed cameras unconstitutional, Ohio Supreme Court rules


Driver shot while traveling on Ohio's Interstate 75


With 600th rape kit indictment, Prosecutor Michael O'Malley reflects on two ways to stop serial crimes


The Washington Post


Fact Checker: In span of 26 hours, 29 Trumpian false or misleading claims


In major shift, more Americans now disapprove of Trump on the economy


Trump launches new attacks on Sessions

Trump calls for ban on transgender people serving in U.S. military

‘Disruption?’ Gay Americans, women and blacks have heard this argument before.

The military spends five times as much on Viagra as it would on transgender troops’ medical care

Senate embarks on new round of voting to peel back Affordable Care Act


A Boy Scout jamboree. A controversial Trump speech. And the backlash that followed.

This former steel town is more complicated than Trump portrays

‘Giving up wasn’t an option’: How one man beat the odds to graduate from college


In a city reeling from nearly 200 killings, a Baltimore police fortress gets a makeover


USA Today


Sec. of State Tillerson 'taking a little time off' but not resigning


U.S. Muslims believe in American dream despite discrimination





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