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Marian Anderson debuts in 1955 as the first Black to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Today in Black America - January 5

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USA Today

Trump's unauthorized Venezuela attack won't help Americans | Opinion

Are Trump's signature tariffs even legal?

Pope Leo XIV says he's watching Venezuela conditions with 'deep concern'


The Washington Post


U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion

Democrats look primed to win the House but a wave may be harder

Trump says the job market is booming for U.S.-born. The data doesn’t show it.


The Associated Press


US intervention in Venezuela could test Trump’s ability to hold GOP together in an election year

Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 say their struggles linger, 5 years after the riot

Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles



The New York Times


Sanctioned Oil Tankers Flee Venezuela in Defiance of U.S. Blockade

Opinion: The Danger of Trump’s Flamboyant Violence


Inside Mamdani’s Decision to Revoke Executive Orders That Backed Israel


NJ.com


See the 8 N.J. towns where nearly everyone voted for Sherrill — and 2 towns where almost no one did


Ex-N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney returns to government as county administrator


N.J. city is turning ‘piles of rubble’ into a modern neighborhood with 700+ new homes and shops


The Los Angeles Times


New California fee targets batteries in PlayStations, power tools and singing cards


Contributor: California’s place in enslaved people’s struggle for freedom


Trump’s DOJ hires voting rights lawyer behind L.A. case cited by conspiracy theorists


The Chicago Sun-Times


Edith Renfrow Smith, a 'memory keeper' and living link to history, dies at 111

New laws: Illinois’ grocery tax to end, aquifer protections begin


Ben Jealous: Fighting for freedom again as America prepares for milestone birthday


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Inauguration Day: Atlanta mayor, council to be sworn in to office

Opinion: Mayor Andre Dickens: Atlanta has a moral imperative to fix city’s inequality

Meet Georgia’s most influential conspiracy theorist





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