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Black students take over Willard Straight Hall on the campus of Cornell University to protest racism at the school on this date in 1969.

Today in Black America - April 17

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The Associated Press

Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order

Judge says labor unions’ lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department systems can move forward


Major Florida grower plans to build new community after ending citrus operations


The New York Times


Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program

A Legal Battle Over Trump’s Threats to Public School Funding Has Begun

Republican Lawmakers Face Fresh Backlash to Trump at Home


USA Today


Mom accused of threatening teacher over assignment that included rainbow flag


Trump fires Democratic board members of the credit union watchdog

NCAA settlement that would allow NIL revenue sharing with college athletes faces objections


NJ.com

Man tasered, breaks ICE officer’s nose during deportation arrest in N.J.

N.J. not off the hook in $12.9M verdict after trooper mistook woman’s stroke for being drunk

Anti-Trump protests coming to N.J. college campuses Thursday


The Washington Post


Trump’s freeze on $2.2B to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing


Internal budget draft reveals deep cuts to federal health programs

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards


The Chicago Sun-Times


Illinois Democrats await decisions from Durbin, Pritzker that will spark high-stakes political shuffle

Sen. Emil Jones III denies bribe deal despite what secret FBI recording caught him saying

Mayor Johnson makes the case against downtown curfew on the eve of City Council showdown


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Restaurant founded by Pinky Cole hasn’t paid legal settlement, lawyer says

Atlanta church trafficked ministry students, lawsuit alleges


Chaos at the Cobb County gathering: Protests, arrests and MAGA politics


The Los Angeles Times


Deputies beat and tased unarmed Rancho Cucamonga man to death, lawsuit claims

U.S.-China trade war threatens to upend not only the American economy but the global order

Calmes: The case that proves the U.S., under Trump, no longer stands for rule of law






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