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Today in Black America - November 9

POSTED: November 09, 2015, 6:00 am

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Today in Black History: Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals was born in 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska.

The New York Times

National

Blow: Ben Carson and the Truth

Missouri Players Use Their Power Off the Field

A Texas Utility Offers a Nighttime Special: Free Electricity

Donald Trump Questions Ben Carson’s Honesty, Despite Own Record

Arne Duncan, Education Secretary, Sees Challenges for U.S. Colleges

Candidates Stick to Script, if Not the Truth, in the 2016 Race

General Counsel for Al Jazeera America Appears to Be Unlicensed

Detroit Businesswomen Team Up to Get Rape Kits Tested


Local

Bonus Pay on Wall Street Is Likely to Fall, a Report Says

Yale’s Halloween Advice Stokes a Racially Charged Debate


The Christian Science Monitor

For black Millennials, a determined hope tempered by frustration

Why are black football players at University of Missouri boycotting?

Do Democrats have a viable strategy to win back the South?

Walmart makes good on its massive clean energy promises


The Star Ledger

Moving municipal elections is good for Jersey City | Editorial

2015 elections likely saw lowest voter turnout in N.J. history

Obamacare czar in Jersey City: High deductibles mirror trend in private insurance

2K mourners remember Pastor Ronald Christian during rousing memorial service


Philly.com

Chaka Fattah Jr. to NBC10: 'Send an Uber'

State budget's latest victim: literacy

Senate panel mulls never-used power to remove Kane


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Conversation about race must include more voices: Heather Steranka-Petit, Margaret Mitchell, YWCA

Marijuana business school seeks to prepare small business owners for legalization

Accused Cleveland drug kingpin manipulated co-defendants, attorneys from jail, motion says

Millions of dollars misdirected for graduate medical education; state pursues reform


The Detroit Free Press


Metro Detroit itching to get new aid for roads

Michigan ranks last in laws on ethics, transparency

Macomb to offer campaign finance report e-filing

Charles Pugh's accuser: 'He was someone to look up to'

Torment of bedbugs drove woman to set apartment fire

Riley: Detroit must be vigilant in the fight against moral bankruptcy


The Chicago Sun-Times


CPS legal spending in Byrd-Bennett probe tops $280K

Mother blames herself after 14-year-old son shot to death

With violence, education at crisis, Chicago Urban League to focus on youth


The Washington Post


U. of Missouri football players threaten to boycott season amid racial tension

A $1 billion push to offer online immigration applications yields 1 form

Seeking rejuvenation in the minority, House Democrats spar over seniority


Police in schools: Keeping kids safe, or arresting them for no good reason?

Students have little voice in shaping schools. One wants to change that.

This high school was struggling, but a community was able to turn it around


Supreme Court accepts challenge to health law’s contraceptive mandate

Democrats use anti-Trump sentiment to win Latino votes in local elections


USA Today

Obama-Netanyahu talks will focus on a Middle East transformed since Rabin


Grades for all 50 states on corruption

Tennessee's appellate courts lack diversity







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