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Today in Black America - June 8, 2015

POSTED: June 08, 2015, 12:30 pm

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Today in Black History: In 2001 the U.S. Civil Rights Commission issued its report on the 2000 presidential election, finding minority voters were disfranchised in Florida.

The New York Times

Former South Carolina Officer Is Indicted in Death of Walter Scott

Blow: Black Dads Are Doing Best of All

Justices Side With President in Jerusalem Passport Case


SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines


Behind Scott Walker, a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions

States Confront Wide Budget Gaps Even After Years of Recovery

Ex-Official Says Chris Christie Broke Grand Jury Law

Notoriety and Scorn Shadow Clinton Prison


De Blasio Prods New York State on Housing Laws

Carl Heastie’s Campaign Spending Blurs Line Between Political and Personal



The Christian Science Monitor


On trade, Obama's most loyal allies are abandoning him

Righting past wrongs: South Carolina's 'evolution of conscience'


New York prison break: What chance of success do escaped prisoners have? (+video)

The Monitor's View Canada's moment to right past wrongs


The Star Ledger

Wildstein claims Christie broke law by revealing grand jury information, report says


Cop who alleges he was threatened after reporting illegal police activity gets $350K settlement


SAT error: College Board investigating problem with June 6 test


Experts: How should N.J. community react to back-to-back school gun scares?


The Washington Post


Study: Kids can learn as much from ‘Sesame Street’ as from preschool

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew defends Iran deal and White House, is booed by Jewish audience


Supreme Court refuses to take up challenge to San Francisco gun law

Scott Walker says he’d consider a constitutional amendment allowing states to ban same-sex marriage


Why don’t voters demand more redistribution?


A growing experience: Prison gardens transform inmates who tend to them

Questions linger over search for new Montgomery schools superintendent


District introduces gifted programs to push talented students, keep families



The Los Angeles Times


Supreme Court sides with president in Jerusalem passport case

Suicide rate of female military veterans is called 'staggering'


Police continue search for missing girl thought to overwhelmed by SAT

Courts may let people fight traffic tickets without paying fine first


Judge to issue key ruling in L.A. Coliseum corruption case


The Detroit Free Press

Man held in deaths of Southgate mom, 10-year-old son

Inconsistent justice for college sex assault survivors

Detroit executives: City rebound a long haul


Philly.com


SWB: Swimming While Black

New leaders to be sworn in for city's firefighters' union

Whistleblower: PSU ignored frat abuse

4th Philly Dem pleads guilty in sting


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Big changes to Workers' Compensation system now in motion

Ohio Senate's budget plan includes income tax cuts, tobacco tax hike

No school district would lose money under Ohio Senate's budget


The Chicago Tribune


5 killed, 33 wounded as city shooting total for 2015 rises above 1,000

Chicago, Glenview police officers charged with lying

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