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Today in Black America - February 3

POSTED: February 03, 2017, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1870, beginning the long struggle for voting rights for Black Americans.

The New York Times


National

EDITORIAL: Wanted: One Republican With Integrity, to Defeat Betsy DeVos

Opinion: Make the G.O.P. Go Nuclear

DeVos, Pick for Education Secretary, Is the Most Jeered

Trump Veers Toward Pillars of Obama’s Foreign Policy

Trump Provokes Allies. Congress Does Damage Control.


New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties

New C.I.A. Deputy Director Had Leading Role in Torture of Detainees

Justice Dept. Reverses Policy That Sped Up Deportations

The Johnson Amendment, Which Trump Vows to ‘Destroy,’ Explained

Anarchists Respond to Trump’s Inauguration, by Any Means Necessary


After Outcry, Murder Charge Filed in Death of Former N.F.L. Player Joe McKnight


Local


New York Police Dept. Agrees to Curb Stop-and-Frisk Tactics


Kirsten Gillibrand and the Anti-Trump Left: 2020 Foresight?


The Christian Science Monitor


Why Black History Month still matters in 2017

Prayer breakfast: Why Christian conservatives are happy with Trump

The Gorsuch test: Can Democrats afford the politics of revenge?


Surge in young women planning to run for office



The Star-Ledger


Toy guns look like the real thing

Wiretap privacy rules don't apply to social media messages, N.J. court rules


$25K report reveals Trenton clerk's office is 'out of control'


EXCLUSIVE: Video shows fans' racist taunts at high school basketball game



Philly.com


Ubiñas: Temple's own Tamron Hall a casualty of Trump-era diversity

NAACP calls for new trial for collapse demolition contractor

Philly watchdog pushes for Pa. minority-contracting reform (Update)

Leader of Philly Police oversight board resigns


As Kenney defends sanctuary city policy, Clarke calls for flexibility



The Detroit Free Press

Warren Mayor Fouts faces toughest test of his career. Will he survive?

Suit settled over false fraud claims against Michigan's jobless


Feds subpoena state housing agency


Wayne County Commission resolution blasts President Trump order

Eastern Michigan drops sanctions against black student protesters


Michigan Senate passes bills aimed at reducing recidivism



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Senate phone lines jammed in advance of Betsy DeVos vote; Portman and Brown have minds made up

Doctor from Sudan fears repercussions from Trump's immigration ban

Cleveland police make arrest in connection with killing of Alianna DeFreeze


Rep. Pat Tiberi seeks tax reforms to promote inner-city investments

Ohio voters want energy choice, oppose return to monopoly utilities


The Chicago Tribune

Sisters among last refugees to arrive at O'Hare as 120-day ban takes hold

Detained Jordanian teen sent to Chicago couldn't talk to lawyers for days


1 dead, 11 others wounded in city shootings

Judge's secrecy shrouds case of Chicago cop charged with killing Laquan McDonald



The Washington Post


He’s only 7, but this Maryland boy ‘could be the next Einstein’

Sharp lessons in ‘Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies’

Trump’s administration isn’t very diverse. Photo ops make it glaringly obvious.


Trump will take executive action against Wall Street regulations, adviser says

Trump warns Israel: New settlements ‘may not help’ achieve Middle East peace

Repeal Obamacare? Not so fast, say two GOP senators who are now open to repairing the health-care law.

Education nominee clears procedural hurdle in Senate, setting up tight final vote

‘Bowling Green massacre’ cited by Trump adviser never happened

A special warfare unit was spotted flying a Trump flag in public. Now the Navy is investigating.


Life, death and demolition

How Donald Trump redrew the political map in 2016

NFL players’ union expresses support for Muslim players in wake of Trump’s travel ban

Suspensions and expulsions in D.C. schools decrease, but racial disparities persist


Veteran D.C. judge named chief of Court of Appeals



The Los Angeles Times


Trump to order review of Dodd-Frank financial regulations, suspend retirement advisor rule

Could Trump really cut funding to UC Berkeley? It would be very difficult


USA Today

Kellyanne Conway invents 'Bowling Green massacre' to defend refugee ban

Anti-immigration history repeats itself 100 years later









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