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Today in Black America - June 16

POSTED: June 16, 2017, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Author John Howard Griffin, who posed as a Black man for his seminal book on southern racism,"Black Like Me," was born in 1920.

The New York Times

National

Transition Team Ordered to Save Files Related to Russia Inquiry


Editorial: Taking Trump’s Self-Dealing to Court


Mueller, Once Above the Fray, Is Now in the Thick of It

Gunman’s Violent Spree Shakes a Liberal Enclave


In Quick Reversal, Southern Baptists Denounce White Nationalists


Editorial: Mr. Trump, Afghanistan Is Your War Now

Scuttling Obama Legacy, Trump Will Crack Down on Cuba

Global Cautionary Tales for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan


Seattle Storm Take Progressive Tack With Planned Parenthood Partnership

Jury Sees Body Camera Footage of Fatal Shooting by Police Officer


Pennsylvania Lawsuit Says House Redistricting Is Partisan Gerrymander



Local


De Blasio’s Plan to Create 100,000 Jobs: Find 40,000, and Keep Eyes Open


With Largest Staff Ever, New York City Reimagines How It Works


Hudson Yards Offered a Payday for the Subway, but We Got Offices

8 Years of Rust Show as New York Senate Ethics Panel Finally Meets


Paladino Sues School Board Trying to Remove Him


Philly.com


His freedom at stake, DA Seth Williams' federal bribery and fraud trial starts Monday

Under fire, SRC moves to shut 2 Philly charters


Clout: Local 98 hires ex-DA candidate Jack O'Neill

On deadline, Philly City Council reaches consensus on Rebuild


The Star-Ledger


NJEA: Democrats' school funding deal is a 'sick scheme'

Trump chemical safety cuts put Frelinghuysen on the hot seat | Editorial

Public worker unions not sold on Christie's lottery-pension fix

Christie says N.J. economy is better. Here's what voters think.

Rutgers appoints new leader for Board of Governors



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Ohio budget bill would expand wrongful conviction payouts

Trump's 'religious freedom' executive order isn't winning over black ministers in Cleveland

Health groups put "a face to Medicaid" in national anti-AHCA campaign kickoff

Huntington vows to restore scores of jobs, expand significantly in Akron


The Chicago Tribune


Preckwinkle to seek third term as Cook County Board president, but not the mayor's office


Pressure for budget deal builds as Rauner calls special session, Cullerton says no stopgap

2016 Cook County property tax rates: Look up your town, estimate your bill

COMMENTARY: A father — wrongly imprisoned for 22 years — reconnects with his children


The Los Angeles Times


Gunman with rifle opens fire at LAPD near South L.A. park, prompting massive search

Editorial: Trump is dropping out of the Paris agreement, but the rest of us don't have to

Here's how $183 billion in taxpayer dollars will be spent in California's new budget


The Detroit Free Press


Riley: Schuette calls Flint probe most comprehensive, won't charge Snyder


What you need to know about University of Michigan's free tuition plan


Program to give small Detroit neighborhood businesses help with facade improvements


Vitti: Detroit schools not 'apologetic' as it recruits students from shuttered charters


The Washington Post


Trump lashes out after reports of obstruction probe; Pence hires a lawyer

Pence’s balancing act as Trump’s No. 2 shows signs of strain amid White House turmoil


Q&A: Trump is officially under investigation. How did we get here?

Special counsel looks into Jared Kushner’s business dealings


With each puff, a wider socioeconomic gap: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t

Trump said foreign leaders wouldn’t laugh at the U.S. Now they’re laughing at him
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GOP aims to bring health-care bill to Senate floor by end of June — even as disagreements threaten to derail it


Analysis: More states are registering voters automatically. Here’s how that affects voting.

UPS gunman filed a workplace grievance three months before deadly shooting rampage


Bowser says she will not investigate evidence of illegal leak in contracting process


McAuliffe to turn over list of restored felons to settle suit from state prosecutor


USA Today


Special counsel Mueller investigating Jared Kushner's finances, Washington Post reports

Texas' newly signed Sandra Bland Act sets example for rest of the nation








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