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Today in Black America - July 27

POSTED: July 27, 2015, 9:00 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.

The New York Times

National

Blow: At Sandra Bland's Funeral

Obama Delivers Tough-Love Message to End Kenya Trip

Calling Obama 'Our Son,' Kenyans Nod Knowlingly at His Critique

Lynch Says Deaths in Police Custdy Highlights Fears Amongg Blacks

Bobby Jindal Calls for States to Follow Louisiana's Exmaple in Toughening Gun Laws

Candidates Caught in Middle as Words Ring Hollow to Activists


Local

Aging infrastructure Plagues Nation's Busiest Rail Corridor

Comptroller Sees Financial Power as Tool to Advance Civil Rights

City Invalidates Test Scores of Third Graders at Harlem School


The Christian Science Monitor

Obama highlights Kenya's stubborn corruption problem

The Monitor's View: Obama's trip to Africa changes narrative

Hillary Clinton calls out CEOs for short-term thinking. Is she right?

Secret weapon in fight against climate change: mayors


Philly.com

State Sen. Tony Williams' bad mortgage adventure

Philly schools losing another key administrator

Ex-Philly cop who admitted thousands of crimes to be sentenced

High school students get an early course in med school

In Philadelphia, doing hard - and hot - time


The Detoit Free Press

Family of Muslim leader killed by FBI in Dearborn seeks answers


4 options loom as Wayne County weighs financial crisis

Damon Keith biography sales exceed 10,000 copies

Stepped-up efforts to help feed needy kids over summer


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland RTA releases statement about officer who pepper-sprayed crowd during Movement for Black Lives conference

Video shows Cleveland RTA police officer pepper spray crowd during Movement for Black Lives conference

John Kasich on the rise in New Hampshire poll

Opinion: Ohio democracy requires better access to the ballot


The Star Ledger

Christie's delusional attack on Amtrak | Editorial

Christie loses ground to Trump 2016 surge in Iowa and New Hampshire

Newark investigating cop's role in Facebook post comparing mayor to gorilla

Hundreds protest police brutality at Newark rally

Newark sees growth in teachers without permanent work

12 charged in connection with 8 recent Essex County killings


The Chicago Tribune

2 teens killed, 9 people wounded in city shootings

At Sandra Bland's funeral, a mother's call to action

Springfield budget turmoil leaves ACT, other school testing in limbo


The Los Angeles Times

Minimum wage waiver for organized workers a point of debate among unions

Measures that reduces penalties for certain crimes, also applies to juveniles, court rules

Sexual assault measures aim to unify colleges' responses in California


The Washington Post

Why Hillary Clinton's numbers are down in states that matter

Jeb Bush to seek Latino support in Central Florida

Exodus from Puerto Rico could upend Florida vote in 2016 presidential race

Jindal: Lafayette shooter should 'never have been able to buy a gun'

Poll: Virginians evenly split on Confederate flag

Justice Department scrutinizes firing of black police chief in Pocomoke City, MD






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