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Today in Black America - January 21

POSTED: January 21, 2014, 1:30 pm

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Today in Black History: Carl T. Rowan is named director of the United States Information Agency by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

The New York Times

Law’s Expanded Medicaid Coverage Brings a Surge in Sign-Ups


2 Birthdays and 2 Ends of the Income Spectrum

In New Jersey, Leader of an Agency Under Investigation Is Given a Judge’s Robe

Seeking Ways to Help the Poor and Childless


Boston Fed’s Latest Role: Community Organizer


Cuomo Expected to Unveil $1.5 Billion Plan to Expand Pre-K Statewide

Cuomo and Attorney General Agree on Division of JPMorgan Funds



The Christan Science Monitor

Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy: civil rights' wary allies

Chris Christie faces new bullying charges. Are voters paying attention?



The Star Ledger

Snow cancels Chris Christie's inaugural celebration on Ellis Island

Hoboken storm funding: The programs at the center of the controversy

Trenton Councilwoman Kathy McBride joins race for mayor


The Detroit Free Press

City leaders, civil rights activists demand Patterson apologize for Detroit remarks

Gambling revenues plummet in 2013 at Detroit's 3 casinos

Jury selection to start in Bobby Ferguson's retrial on bid-rigging charges

Black Student Union at U-M: Change needs to happen

Church helping to raise funds for family of 4-year-old shooting victim


The Washington Post

U.S. credit cards lag in security, lure scammers

Is your state solvent?

How Chris Christie is turning bridge-gate into a partisan fight

Md. congressman gains support on infrastructure bill

D.C. schools changing evaluations of principals

100 Va. school boards oppose state takeover board


Philly.com

Fraternity suspended for throwing racist MLK party with watermelon cups

Nutter calls school funding an issue of inequality

Joint panel to probe N.J. bridge scandal


The Chicago Tribune

CPS to use TIF funds for teachers

CPS to hear new charter school proposals

New abuse documents detail Chicago archdiocese missteps


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cuyahoga County home to 8 of the 10 highest school property tax rates statewide (database)


Cuyahoga Community College opens health care centers through April


Universities can, with major efforts, help low-income students succeed, report says: Higher Education Roundup

Cleveland schools nudging parents to comply with the law and meet their kids' teachers


The Los Angeles Times


Union drive for home care aides' overtime pay could backfire in Calif.


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

DeKalb schools off probation

Staffing shake-ups at Atlanta City Hall as Reed searches for next COO

Parents criticize state absolution of funeral home that stuffed Valdosta teen’s body with newspapers

Hundreds gather to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church


USA Today

Pastor likens faction of Tea Party to 'lynch mob'

Ex-federal court judge's travel expenses questioned





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