Today in Black History: Dr. William A. Hinton, developer of the "Hinton Test" for diagnosing syphilis is born in 1883.
The New York Times
Salty Food and Belching Cows Are Winners in Spending Bill
Brennan Draws on Bond With Obama in Backing C.I.A.
Backing C.I.A., Cheney Revisits Torture Debate From Bush Era
Blow: America, Who Are We?
G.O.P. Angst Over 2016 Led to Provision on Funding
Grisly Execution in Oklahoma Detailed in Court Brief
At Rikers, a Roadblock to Reform
Amid Assaults on Officers, New York Police Rethink Their Response to Protests
A Brooklyn School’s Curriculum Includes Ambition
The Christian Science Monitor
Newtown two years on: More guns, more school shootings (+video)
Why the terrible, awful, nobody-likes-it spending bill could be a good thing (+video)
Thousands march against police brutality, many more with signatures
Federal budget deal for 2015: What's in it for you?
Supreme Court: Should ban on juvenile life sentences be retroactive?
The Washington Post
Reid maneuvers as Senate GOP squabbles
Jeb Bush moves stoke expectations about 2016
The devalued American: Holding on to the middle class by working two jobs
Democrats divided on their path to 2016
People say race relations are getting worse. But it’s complicated.
Black teen’s hanging death in North Carolina spurs protest
Hunger and homelessness on the rise in U.S. cities, and Congress isn’t helping, mayors say
More viewers are phoning it in by watching their TV on even smaller screens
D.C. seeks flexibility in granting high school diplomas
The Star Ledger
Family pleads for answers as Newark man shot by retired cop clings to life
Camden-bound companies set to receive $630 million in state tax breaks
Norcross, N.J.'s newest congressman, not following Democratic Party line
Philly.com
Casino-industry crisis hurting small businesses
New NAACP leader looks to tackle tough issues
False medical emergency lands defendant in jail
Cosby breaks his silence, briefly
After controversy over women's shelter, bill is killed
The Detroit Free Press
Public money for schools buys private property
Church message to community: Black Lives Matter
Detroit blight removal campaign ramps up, long way to go
Mateen Cleaves distributes gifts to 1,000 families
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland police union president: Browns receiver Andrew Hawkins Justice for Tamir Rice shirt 'disrespectful'
Convicted Akron drug dealer accused in woman's heroin overdose death
Black Lives Matter Sunday services at Mt. Zion Church
The Los Angeles Times
Protesters block Hollywood intersection, burn flag; four arrested
Prop. 47 may keep addicts from using drug court's treatment program
Jury awards $900,000 to man punched by L.A. County sheriff's deputy
Galatzan has five challengers for L.A. school board seat
USA Today
Spelman College distances itself from Bill Cosby
Samuel L. Jackson calls on celebrities to sing 'I can't breathe'
Berkeley protest is spirited, peaceful
Thousands of people gather in the nation's capital for the "Justice For All" rally
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Spelman puts Cosby endowed professorship on hold
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