Today in Black History: Dr. Robert C. Weaver, first Black Cabinet Secretary, is born in 1907. Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics).
The New York Times
Cosby Team’s Strategy: Hush Accusers, Blame the Media
Editorial: Kids and Jails, a Bad Combination
Krugman: The Obama Recovery
As Medicaid Rolls Swell, Cuts in Payments to Doctors Threaten Access to Care
The Big Economic Unknowns of 2015, From Unemployment to Oil
A Bipartisan Push to Limit Lobbyists’ Sway Over Attorneys General
U.S. Agency Hiring 1,000 After Obama’s Immigration Order
De Blasio Delivers Quiet Eulogy to Crowd of Unfriendly Faces, and Many Backs
Christie Roams, and Popularity Suffers at Home
The Star Ledger
Christie: Port Authority legislation 'too narrow,' recommendations of panel better
PATH could be targeted for privatization, service reduction under Port Authority plan embraced by governors
Atlantic City eager for 2015 after its worst year
The Christian Science Monitor
Electronic eavesdropping: NSA reports on its privacy violations
Sen. Bernie Sanders to run for president? A Ross Perot of the left, perhaps.
'The Interview' roundup: Crowds chant 'USA,' critics groan
Why gender inequality and food security go hand-in-hand
Philly.com
Gap between rich, poor Pa. schools has 'exploded'
Phila. schools to immediately take students from closing Palmer charter elementary
TSA: More guns, knives being confiscated
Online course offered for high school diplomas
Kernie L. Anderson, 74, a giant in African-American radio.
The Washington Post
Decisions after 9/11 led to Secret Service’s decline
People who participate ‘beyond voting’ are different
Divide over police and justice system isn’t just racial — it’s partisan, too
For-profit hospices offer strikingly less service than nonprofits
20 states and D.C. will raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1
For this civil rights leader, reliving ‘Selma’ was ‘almost too much’
At FedEx Field, Redskins protesters confront team’s fans
The Detroit Free Press
Kwanzaa is celebrated at Charles H. Wright Museum
Detroit school offers healthy choice at lunch: Salad bar
Detroit blues legend Alberta Adams dies at 97
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Republicans see diversity in their 2016 presidential hopefuls
2015 should be a year for job creation, pulling people out of poverty: Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County executive
Some drug users, check bouncers likely to be released from jail under Summit County plan to cut inmate population
For Tamir and America, we must speak out about racist behaviors: River Smith
The Chicago Tribune
Mayor Emanuel drops challenge to petitions of rival Willie Wilson
Feds: Chicago school targeted pregnant teachers for firing
The Los Angeles Times
LAPD set to release Ezell Ford autopsy report
Consumer advocate focuses his energies on revamping Prop. 13
USA Today
Teen basketball players face 'I can't breathe' ban
Ferguson spokesman put on leave for 'trash' comment
How peanut butter and jelly could help America's education system
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