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Today in Black America - July 27

POSTED: July 27, 2017, 10:30 am

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Today in Black History: Audley "Queen Mother" Moore, one of the first activists to demand reparations for slavery, was born in 1898 in New Iberia, Louisiana
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The New York Times

National


Trump Bars Transgender People From Military

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump’s Assault on Jeff Sessions

How Trump Could Oust Sessions if He Declines to Quit

G.O.P. Furor Gives Sessions Fleeting Security From Trump


Presidential Pressure Hasn’t Swayed Alaska Senator


Health Care Vote: Senate Rejects Repeal Without Replace


Where the Senate Health Care Vote Left Off, and What’s Next


Scandal-Plagued Interest Rate Could Disappear by 2021


How a Ruling on Texas Districts Could Help Reshape Congress


2 Police Officers Are Charged in Assault of Mentally Ill Man


Local


Death of Pioneering New York Judge Is Ruled a Suicide


As Democrats Lay Into Trump, Cuomo Takes a Different Tack

Former New York Officer Gets 20-Year Sentence for His Role in Drug Trade

M.T.A. Board Pushes Back Against Plans to Raise Fares in 2019 and 2021


Philly.com


SIPS fight breaks out near Comcast Center


Lawyers for Brady, rival rebut claims of illegal campaign payoff


The Detroit Free Press

NAACP comes out with charter school recommendations


NAACP releases report on charter schools, cites Detroit and Michigan


Nancy Kaffer: A call to action after 1967 Detroit riot goes largely unheard


Experts see public health crisis in Detroit water shutoffs



The Star-Ledger


Slumlords could lose their government subsidies in N.J., report says

State attorney general: Why I want to buy your guns | Opinion

3rd year of PARCC: Are N.J. students making the grade?

These 3 N.J. Republicans just got new targets on their backs

Watershed contractor gets 18 months in prison for $110K fraud plot



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


New Trump military policy is 'a travesty,' says Akron transgender veteran

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

Local, federal law enforcement agencies work to build trust with Northeast Ohio youth

Good jobs primarily go to those with a two- or four-year degrees, report says


Cleveland Mayor Jackson needs to lead in supporting transit funding, transformation: Colin Wright (Opinion)


The Chicago Tribune


Lawsuit filed in police killing that sparked protests in Mount Greenwood

Chicago cop Patrick Kelly taken off street amid reopened city investigations


Chicago aldermen want to punish parents who know their kids have guns


Chicagoans speak at City Council meeting, but did aldermen listen?


Illinois budget backlog is giving health care providers, patients a headache



The Los Angeles Times


L.A. sheriff says he'll appeal decision barring him from giving prosecutors a list of problem deputies

An L.A. firefighter choked and seriously injured a man giving out Halloween candy. His sentence? No jail

More California inmates are getting paroled because the board is focusing on this one question

USC president admits university 'could have done better' in handling reports of medical school dean's drug use



The Washington Post


The Daily 202: Growing GOP backlash to transgender troop ban underscores Trump’s political miscalculation

Trump ponders a recess appointment to replace Attorney General Sessions

‘It’s inexplicable’: GOP senators try to warn Trump against going after Sessions


Senate GOP leaders work to round up votes for modest health-care overhaul

‘Skinny repeal’ proposal has skeptics in House


‘Honey, you’ve been scammed’: Woman loses her home of 30 years to California scam artists


WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore.

A school named after a Confederate may be three letters away from compromise

NAACP: School choice not the answer to improving education for black students



USA Today


Scaramucci rails against 'senior leakers' in White House and threatens to call FBI

What might a 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare mean for you?







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