Today in Black History: Educator self-help and business advocate Booker T. Washington was born on this date in 1856 in Hale's Ford, Virginia.
The New York Times
Obama Budget to Include Cuts to Programs in Hopes of Deal
Editorial: The Damage Wrought by the Gun Lobby
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Rewrite the Second Amendment
Path to Citizenship Divides Congress and, Polls Show, Confuses Country
Obama Administration Seeks to Overhaul International Food Aid
Reward Is Increased by Officials in Texas
Weeks After Prison Chief’s Killing, a Dead Suspect and Many Questions
Hero of the Bronx Is Now Accused of Betraying It
63 Gang Members Indicted in East Harlem Shootings
Pressure Builds on Rutgers President
The Christian Science Monitor
End of 'illegal' immigrants? AP change mirrors public shift, some say.
Desmond Tutu wins Templeton Prize for 'affirming life's spiritual dimension'
Why does Washington keep putting off entitlement reform?
Alabama joins flood of states restricting abortion. What's behind this?
Colorado prison chief death: two white supremacists sought
The Star Ledger
Opinion: N.J. prisons price gouge inmates for telephone use
Trenton school official caught up in Philadelphia cheating scandal
N.J. Supreme Court ends long-running case on DEP searches
Irvington's superintendent of sewers and streets arrested on corruption charge
DRPA being investigated by grand jury
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit-area poor face 'environmental injustice' from pollution hazards
Rochelle Riley: Sorority helps Detroit when it needs help most -- and so can you
Bobby Ferguson called a flight risk, ordered to stay in prison to await sentencing
Wayne County rejects contract extension for company involved in probe
The Washington Post
Obama budget offers deeper cuts, more taxes
4 reasons why the monthly jobs report still matters politically for Obama
Is Maryland the new Massachusetts?
Fact checking the gun debate: a roundup
Athletes are the victims in Rutgers scandal, and school officials all wrong
Eric Holder to take voluntary pay cut in solidarity with federal workers
Armed with cameras, D.C. students document ‘jail that surrounds us’
Va. AG investigating possible ‘duplicate voting’
The Chicago Tribune
Emanuel defends Byrd-Bennett on school closings
Attorney gets life sentence in murders of former Bulls player's baby, ex-girlfriend
District 113 accused of using teens to push $89 million referendum
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
ACLU of Ohio claims poor people being unlawfully jailed for failing to pay court fines
College Savings Program will begin this fall for Cuyahoga County children entering kindergarten
The Los Angeles Times
Audit details prison workers' misconduct
Years of lying, now a murder confession
Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado exploring run for governor
UC Riverside student leaders revoke divestment resolution
USA Today
Schools hungry to improve taste, nutrition of lunches
Officer, suspect dead at police HQ in Mississippi
Obama budget to focus on debt reduction
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