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Today in Black America - October 26

POSTED: October 26, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Today in Black History: Edward W. Brooke, III, the first Black to serve in the U.S. Senate in the 20th century, is born in 1919 in Washington, D.C.


The New York Times

National

Surprise: Florida and Texas Excel in Math and Reading


Editorial: The Concealed-Carry Fantasy

Blow: Hillary Clinton Wins Again

One State’s Struggle to Make Ends Meet: Why Illinois Is Without a Budget


The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black

How the 2016 Race Could Affect Each Party’s Future

Thousands Who Didn’t File Tax Returns May Lose Health Care Subsidies

Ben Carson Calls for Ban on Abortion in All Circumstances


Local


Vigil for Slain Officer in Little Guyana Emphasizes Unity

Under Stress, Students in New York Schools Find Calm in Meditation


The Christian Science Monitor

Gun culture still strong in the US, polls find. But that may be changing

Paul Ryan: Budget wonk to Congress's rescue?

How California could dramatically change assisted suicide debate

For S. Africa's leaders, a glimpse of their former selves in tuition hike protests


The Star Ledger

It's official: Bacon's link to cancer confirmed. And sausage isn't good for you either.

Critics baffled by Christie's vow to fix affordable housing

Former Jersey City political candidate Alston, 2 others charged in mortgage scheme

Here are the businesses offered millions for Camden move

How to fix Atlantic City? 2 leaders share their recipe | The Backgrounder Podcast


Philly.com

More parents, students say 'no' to homework

Candidates: What I'd do as Philly mayor

Kane, Cosby focus in Montco DA race

Study: Kids take 100-plus required tests through 12th grade


The Detroit Free Press

Detroit schools brace for cuts amid EAA 'fine-tuning'

Judge: Don't call Charles Pugh pedophile at grooming trial

State Sen. Virgil Smith's trial pushed back to March


Kwame Kilpatrick to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio food stamp decision prompts critics to question John Kasich's commitment to the poor

Cuyahoga County Jail inmates to pay less for calls and be offered monitored online services

Ohio's effort to reform juvenile prisons is national model

Address 'gut-level' issues that inspire gangs, violence: Rosemary Palmer, Dr. Francis Ciappa, Cleveland Peace Action

Testing in schools is "beyond reason," urban educators find, and should be cut back


The Chicago Sun-Times

THE WATCHDOGS: Chicago gun seizures tops in U.S., but doubts about police hurt prosecutions

Nailah Franklin's accused killer goes on trial 8 years after her death


The Los Angeles Times

Girl, 13, shot in head while watching TV in grandmother's West Sacramento home

Fair offers students of color a better shot at prep school dreams

Mayor's return to church where protesters disrupted him is scuttled

Black Lives Matter defends this week's protest of L.A. Mayor Garcetti


The Washington Post


Prosecutors’ racially coded jury notes at center of Supreme Court case

Hot dogs, bacon cause cancer, World Health Organization declares

Ryan backers in Freedom Caucus become targets for hard-liners

The big paradox of criminal justice in America

How Republicans saved Hillary Clinton. Again.

Kindergarten students get an introduction to engineering

Study says standardized testing is overwhelming nation’s public schools

Leader of the Empowering Males of Color program is leaving D.C. schools

‘Walking while black’ can be dangerous too, study finds

At 12, he pushed for a rec center in D.C. and got a photo with the mayor. He was fatally shot seven years later.


USA Today


Ole Miss removes state flag with Confederate symbol

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