Today in Black History: Black nationalist El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) was born in Omaha, Nebraska on this date in 1925.
The New York Times
Glass Ceilings in Statehouses in the Northeast
Quixotic ’80 Campaign Gave Birth to Kochs’ Powerful Network
Blow: Poverty Is Not a State of Mind
Obama Angry Over Falsification of Veterans Affairs Data, Chief of Staff Says
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro Is Said to Be HUD Pick in Cabinet Reshuffling
Poorer Health of Surgery Patients on Medicaid May Alter Law’s Bottom Line
Editorial: More Specious Attacks on Reform
Court May Hold Fate of Children Knocked Off Citizenship Path
The Christian Science Monitor
NCAA and college sports: It is time to pay athletes to play? (+video)
Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, what progress on race? (+video)
Ohio school lockdown puts officials at nexus of violence and race: Lessons? (+video)
Building a better parent
The Star Ledger
Christie, in foreign policy speech, calls on crowd to 'nominate' someone to change course
NJ man named to lead NAACP, nation's largest civil rights organization
DiVincenzo's day in court will come after his election: The Auditor
Ras Baraka win in Newark changes political landscape in Essex and beyond
Councilmen-elect to drop public records suit against Teaneck
The Detroit Free Press
1.8M pounds of ground beef recalled from Detroit packing company
Detroit Metropolitan Airport gets $14.8 million for improvements
Agency report on poor people sparks feud with Oakland County
Scholars' lecture in Detroit to honor Nelson Mandela
Rochelle Riley: Detroit renaissance won't happen without effective schools
Philly.com
Why was DeAngelis not charged in ticket-fixing case?
Pa. cops have a fingerprinting problem
Quiet NJ town home to white hate group
Philly ballot questions include ending resign-to-run rule
The Washington Post
Here’s how to put everyday citizens in charge of financing campaigns
N.H. town caught up in storm over official’s use of slur
Prince George’s shows Great Society’s impact — and limits
The Great Society at 50
Obama administration puts new focus on racial issues
NAACP selects lawyer and minister as new leader
Muslim leaders ask schools to give holiday equal billing
‘Dream City’ connects D.C. students to city history
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Public Power struggles to 'reset business model,' maintain edge over competitor FirstEnergy Corp.
Presidents of public universities in Ohio are well-paid, according to report
Former Cleveland sportscaster chosen as bishop for an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America synod
The Los Angeles Times
UC enrollment amendment divides state's Asian American electorate
New USC grad had meager beginnings but plenty of drive
Opposing visions for education on view in state superintendent race
Monday is the deadline to register to vote in June 3 primary
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Rev. Joseph Lowery leads vigil for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
Police: CEO of non-profit arrested for offering to falsify records in exchange for sex
USA Today
Christie's lawyers on pace to bill taxpayers $3 million
Funeral for 93-Year-Old Woman Shot by Police
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