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Today in Black America - September 3

POSTED: September 03, 2013, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Pioneering civil rights lawyer and Howard University law professor, Charles Hamilton Houston, was born in 1895 in Washington, D.C.

The New York Times


Editorial: Debating the Case for Force

Vote on Syria Sets Up Foreign Policy Clash Between 2 Wings of G.O.P.

National Gun Debate Hits Close to Home in Colorado Recall Vote

Big Dreams, but Little Consensus, for a New Detroit

Protesters Demand Montana Judge Resign Over Rape Sentencing


In Mayoral Race, Attacking Real Estate Industry but Taking Its Cash


Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Key Issues


New York Today: Final Showdown



The Christian Science Monitor

Education solutions from abroad for chronic U.S. school problems

Is foulmouthed, suspended police chief undermining his own gun cause?

Syria becomes high-stakes gamble for Obama, Congress

As Obama mulls Syria attack, high stakes for Israel


The Star Ledger

Trenton city council may make "Safe Passage" a right for business patrons and pedestrians


Poll: Fewer in N.J optimistic about direction of state, but Christie not to blame

N.J. public schools turning to school uniforms

8 people ID'd at Bedminster 'African Burying Ground'


Newark activist Fredrica Bey, husband drop claims to $1.1 million from nonprofit group she founded


Conditions in Trenton housing development set one man on a mission to combat gangs' influence


The Detroit Free Press


Tom Walsh: Bankrupt Detroit needs October to be more than a 1968 replay

As school starts, Michigan's teacher of the year offers lessons in learning


House panel remains wary of testing under Common Core standards


Consumer watchdog: Detroit turns $500 income tax refund into a $5,300 bill


Unions want to question top state officials on Detroit bankruptcy



Philly.com

Teachers pack meeting, say no to pay cuts

Philly teachers forced to turn to crowd funding for supplies

New NJ teacher evaluations start today



The Washington Post


Editorial: The GOP’s obstruction

Robinson: In budget fight, GOP to blame

President Obama's giant Syria gamble

For wife of civil rights leader, march anniversary a slight

Cuccinelli ad details fight to clear wrongly convicted man

Naval Academy case exposes a backward America


The Chicago Tribune


Boy, 16, among 3 killed on Labor Day in Chicago

Federal investigators focus on suburb's police force


Former Chicago Police Superintendent LeRoy Martin dies at 84

CPS ushering in new performance policy for schools


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's big ideas, Part 1: Public Square makeover

New Office of Community Technology Transfer helps inventors turn their ideas into new businesses for Northeast Ohio

Elementary school whose construction in 1964 led to demonstrations and the death of a protestor will be torn down


Charter school once run by Cleveland City Councilman T.J. Dow has court force city to let it stay open


The Los Angeles Times

'Deportees' who died in 1948 plane crash finally have names

Handcuffed woman ejected from moving LAPD car, injured

An intraparty squabble on prisons


In school iPad project, L.A. might need to tap funding for keyboards

Poll finds Californians remain unhappy about public schools







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