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Today in Black America - December 29

POSTED: December 22, 2015, 11:00 am

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Today in Black History: Dr. Robert C. Weaver, first Black Cabinet Secretary, is born in 1907. Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics).

The New York Times

National

Cleveland Officer Will Not Face Charges in Tamir Rice Shooting Death

Ethan Couch, ‘Affluenza’ Defense Fugitive, Arrested in Mexico


Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Trip to Cuba Short After Police Shooting in Chicago


When Presidential Candidates Go Too Far on Social Media: #FeetInMouth


Blow: The Year’s Biggest Social Justice Stories


Donald Trump Calls Newspaper Publisher a ‘Lowlife’ and Assails Chris Christie


Crucial Endorsement in His Pocket, Marco Rubio Hones His Pitch to Iowa


Local

As Demolition Looms, Slave Theater’s Ownership Is Disputed


The Christian Science Monitor


In the United States, anxiety is up, but crime is down


An end to homelessness: Cities take on 'impossible' challenge

Chicago police shooting: Is deadly force used too readily?


The Star Ledger


20-year-old ID'd as victim of Newark's 104th homicide of 2015

Sweeney: A shared casino ownership model to unite N.J.'s gaming interests | Opinion

Things are about to get very real for N.J. voters. Here's why | The Backgrounder Podcast



Philly.com


Sting investigator gets second shot at Kane lawsuit

CCP adjunct alleges discrimination


Last-minute gift: Wolf frees school aid

Kenney picks spokeswoman, more staff


The Chicago Sun-Times

Sweet: Rahm, Arne Duncan and the latest police shootings

Father of slain 19-year-old sues city


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lawyer for Tamir Rice family reacts to grand jury decision not to indict officers

Police groups meet at library to discuss Tamir Rice situation (photos, video)

Tamir Rice supporters take to social media to call for LeBron James' help

Cleveland Anti-Defamation League asks Justice Department to deepen probe into Tamir Rice shooting

John Kasich, other public officials react to Tamir Rice decision


The Detroit Free Press


Black lives, Tamir Rice and America's uncivil history

Detroit chief urges change after 7-year-old killed


Detroit to job-hunting felons: We can help



The Los Angeles Times

L.A. County jail inmates were handcuffed to a wall for hours on 'potty watch'

Should L.A.'s probation agency be split between youths and adults?


The Washington Post


When the poor are forced to the suburbs, getting to work becomes a huge challenge

Bennet Omalu, doctor who raised alarm bells about NFL head injuries, on racism in U.S. science

What you need to know about grand jury decision in Tamir Rice case


Why white people see black boys like Tamir Rice as older, bigger and guiltier than they really are


Former South African president calls campaign to remove Rhodes’s statue to protest racism ‘folly.’ And protesters laugh him off.

Two sons killed at house parties, two mothers who continue to mourn



USA Today


Lawyer: Tamir Rice's mom wept so much she couldn’t speak

Chicago officer pleads not guilty in black teen's death

Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor

Policing the USA







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