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Today in Black America - January 28

POSTED: January 28, 2013, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: John Brown organized raid on the military arsenal at Harper's Ferry in 1858.

The New York Times

What Obama Looks to Accomplish

Senators Offer a New Blueprint for Immigration

G.O.P.’s Cantor, Looking Past Politics of Debt


Editorial: Beyond Selma-to-Stonewall


De Blasio, Announcing Mayoral Bid, Pledges to Help People City Hall Forgot


The Christian Science Monitor


Obama: Compromise or 'political conquest'?

Can Republicans get their act together before Obama 'pulverizes' the right?


Why Fox News dropped Sarah Palin


The Star Ledger

Confusion over FEMA housing program temporarily displaces Sandy survivors

State agency to undertake emergency repair projects at four Jersey City schools


Jersey City mayor and police chief announce comprehensive review of school security


Essex County freeholder carjacked at gunpoint in Newark


Judicial vacancies in Essex County hit record high but senators say nominations are near


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Education group claims tax credit program is widely abused

Atlanta’s aging assets: Underground, Civic Center, Cyclorama


Chambliss retirement sparks scramble for U.S. Senate seat


Study: Georgia pre-k better but needs a boost



The Detroit Free Press

Snyder's appointees step into their new role on college boards

Education advocates seek more money to make sure more kids can succeed in kindergarten

Michigan Civil Rights Commission to meet Monday to elect leaders


Michigan clergy to hold anti-gun violence events in Lansing


Kwame Kilpatrick and codefendants to tell their side soon in public corruption case



The Washington Post

Senators to unveil immigration framework

The GOP on its minority problem: Don't call it 'outreach,' but ‘engagement'

Threat of sequestration is costing federal agencies time and money

Artur Davis considers bid for Va. Senate, Congress as a Republican


Maryland Democrats push for petition reform


The Chicago Tribune


Candidates vying for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat debate gun control


Illinois illegal immigrant driver's licenses available in 10 months


Gun violence fuels city's first double homicides of the year


Fourth sibling from same Chicago family killed by gun violence


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


All eyes on Betty Sutton as Ohio Democrats put together their statewide slate for 2014: Analysis


Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney's 'leadership fund' under scrutiny

Ohio's state tests slated to get much harder in two years


Lani Guinier sees Martin Luther King Jr. as a shepherd


The Los Angeles Times


Elections will bring a big shake-up on L.A. City Council

L.A. Unified's college-prep push based on false data

UC Berkeley chancellor to head initiative for public universities

1,000 campus aides will be added to LAUSD elementary schools


USA Today

Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs

Teachers flip for 'flipped learning' class model



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