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Today in Black America - April 8

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The Associated Press

Wall Street could be headed for a bear market. Here’s what that means

Colleges around the US say some international students’ visas are being revoked


Trump administration is having early talks to hold a military parade in nation’s capital on June 14


USA Today

Harriet Tubman quote and portrait restored onto national parks website


Trump can resume deportations under Alien Enemies Act, Supreme Court says


Book ban at military service academies draws flak from Congress


The Washington Post

How the Trump administration is using Columbia to send a message to other elite colleges

Tariffs conjure specter of Smoot-Hawley Act, a Depression-era blunder


National Park Service restores Underground Railroad webpage after outcry



The New York Times

U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Venezuelan Deportations to Resume, for Now

You Have the Right to an Attorney. But in Texas, Don’t Count on It.


Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump


NJ.com

Black N.J. woman finds n-word written in front of her home | Calavia-Robertson

N.J. school may fire 5 employees accused of restraining student with tape


N.J. nonprofit serving immigrant children cuts staff after feds delay funding


The Los Angeles Times

California signals possible defiance of Trump anti-DEI order that threatens school funding

Broadcast television is in trouble. Stations are asking Washington for help

Capitulate or resist? Trump threats spur different responses, and alarm for democracy



The Chicago Sun-Times


Cook County state's attorney orders blanket objections to electronic monitoring in cases seeking detention


Cook County leaders tout success of their guaranteed income pilot program


Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun to chair DuSable Black History Museum board of trustees


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Sophia Nelson: Trump, tariffs and Kamala finally says ‘I told you so’

BioLab fined $61K after OSHA says improperly stored chemicals caused Conyers fire

Georgia’s Public Service Commission faces first election in five years





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