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Today in Black America - May 26

POSTED: May 26, 2015, 8:30 am

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Today in Black America: Althea Gibson became the first Black to win a major tennis championship on this date in 1956, winning the French Open.

The New York Times


Four Words That Imperil Health Care Law Were All a Mistake, Writers Now Say

Op-Ed:Long Odds in the Game of Life

Cleveland Reaches Settlement With Justice Department Over Police Conduct

Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois


At Least 5 Are Killed and 12 Are Missing as Storms Ravage Texas and Oklahoma


Fatal Police Shootings: Accounts Since Ferguson


One Man’s Millions Turn a Community in Florida Around


The Christian Science Monitor

The girls in the room: women plot a Silicon Valley revolution

Cleveland seeks peace, justice in police shootings, history of excessive force

How a Missouri 'pothead' became poster boy for compassion on drugs


The Detroit Free Press

Highlights of 35th annual Mackinac Policy Conference

Grants to help promote cultural understanding in Michigan


Failed Wayne County jail still costs $1 million a month


The Washington Post


Justice Dept. settles probe into Cleveland police

At Arlington Cemetery, Obama pays tribute for a ‘debt we can never repay’

Senate rejects compromise bill on surveillance


Clinton says she’s not running for a ‘third term’ of her husband or Obama

The long-term rise of the urban American west

He almost missed his daughter’s college graduation. He got out of jail just in time.

Dreams of sports stardom lead disadvantaged students astray



The Star Ledger

Patient in N.J. dies of Lassa Fever, says CDC

Authorities: Phone threats against planes in N.Y., N.J., Mass. not credible; all clear


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

U.S. attorney to hold meetings Tuesday about consent decree with Cleveland

First Lady Michelle Obama urges Oberlin College graduates to make a difference (photos)

Many men, women arrested in Cleveland during protests of Michael Brelo verdict released


The Los Angeles Times

Tax proposals by unions, activists may loosen Brown's grip on budget

California lawmakers act to mandate vaccines for day care workers


Policy center links auto thefts to California prison shift



Philly.com


Audit: Poor oversight at PA low-income child care centers

County police force is hard sell to municipalities

Well-schooled in Philly, SRC chair still learning



USA Today

What Cleveland's DOJ settlement could look like



Rethinking law, order in Norristown


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