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December 17, 2025

Educator Barbara Sizemore, the first Black woman to lead a major public school system (Washington, DC), was born in 1927.

Today in Black America - December 17

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USA Today

Jobs report: Employers added 64,000 jobs, unemployment at 4-year high

Lying about the economy will continue until morale improves | Opinion

CDC officially ends blanket recommendation of hepatitis B vaccine at birth


The Associated Press

Absences at this Texas school system soared when a measles outbreak hit

House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing GOP plan ahead

Takeaways from the AP’s report on the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in Bangladesh


NJ.com


N.J. attorney general pick just made a bold promise about standing up to Trump


Another top N.J. official says he will leave Murphy’s cabinet at end of the month

First Gateway Tunnel Project almost done, despite 2-month federal payment freeze


The New York Times


Trump Revised Chevron’s Venezuela Deal. Maduro’s Oil Trader Profited.

Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein

Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine His Successor


The Washington Post


Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘dam is breaking’ within GOP against Trump

Trump administration says it is dismantling key climate research center

DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company


The Los Angeles Times

SoCal serial child molester, a cheer coach, faces over 150 years in prison

Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking president’s ‘criminal cronies’

A famous father, a troubled son: How addiction tormented the Reiner family


The Chicago Sun-Times


Federal jury sides with Chicago police officers in 2020 Red Line shooting, awards no damages

Trump administration plans to eliminate hundreds of vacancies at Chicago area VA hospitals

Chicago is failing to keep proper track of most police discipline except firings, watchdog finds


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Rhone: Trump’s rules threaten history at Georgia’s MLK Jr. and Ocmulgee national sites

‘Christmas comes tomorrow,’ Willis says ahead of Senate committee testimony


Former Cobb school board member heads to Georgia Senate




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