today in black history

August 11, 2025

Pioneering journalist Carl Rowan, who served in the Kennedy administration, was born in 1925 in Ravencroft, Tennessee.

Today in Black America - August 11

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The Associated Press

Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif as toll worsens on Gaza journalists


Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote

Trump’s big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions



USA Today


Trump's former surgeon general slams RFK Jr.'s vaccine cuts

Cities hope to attract more police officers by cutting education requirements

Midterms are more than a year away, but Trump is already challenging them | Opinion



The Washington Post

Mothers are leaving the workforce, erasing pandemic gains

Kids hated the presidential fitness test. Researchers aren’t fans, either.

Confederate monuments are returning to public view at Los Angeles museum


The New York Times

The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities

Will Judges Approve Trump’s Choice for U.S. Attorney in Manhattan?


Mamdani Tries to Build Bridges to Black Voters Who Snubbed Him in June


NJ.com


N.J. city halts $40M sports complex project amid soaring costs, backlash


N.J. mayors: Gateway Program would end NYC rush hour transfers for NJ Transit riders


FAA proposes to extend flight restrictions at Newark airport until 2026



The Los Angeles Times

As California’s behavioral health workforce buckles, help is years away

L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures


To tackle homelessness, Los Angeles moves to centralize its response


The Chicago Sun-Times

Texas Democrats tell St. Sabina congregation they are fighting for democracy


Gov. JB Pritzker, on ‘Meet the Press,’ says he won't rule out 2028 presidential run

Neil Steinberg: Footsteps of Klan march in the nation’s capital 100 years ago echo today



The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Sex, faith, denials: A Georgia Baptist college faces a reckoning

CDC shooting in Atlanta jars Emory University students, alumni


Torpy: The anti-vax chickens come home to roost in shooting at CDC








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