Today in Black History: Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC, under the auspices of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is founded in 1879.
The New York Times
National
As His Term Wanes, Obama Restores Workers’ Rights
Blow: Echoes of Emmett Till’s Killing
Wall St. Policy Poses a Challenge for Presidential Candidates
Republican Candidates Address Donald Trump and Volatility in Polls
Owned by Union, Amalgamated Bank Gives Lift to the Left
University of Texas at Austin Moves Confederate Statue
California Death Penalty, Struck Down Over Delays, Faces Next Test
Local
Defying Expectations, Mayor Ras Baraka Is Praised in All Corners of Newark
Mayor de Blasio Authorizes Emergency Measure to Aid Homeless People
The Christan Science Monitor
Southern justice now comes with diplomas
Were officials too quick to tie Texas deputy shooting to Black Lives Matter?
More than 1 in 6 children are obese: How parents and teachers can help
Death of a young black man in a Virginia prison sparks outrage
New York's unusual plan to build minority confidence in its cops (+video)
Philly.com
Philly schools seek 5,000 substitute teachers
Cop: Fired for refusing chief's sexual advances
As Common Core results trickle in, initial goals unfulfilled
Teacher late 111 times, cites breakfast
The Star Ledger
Christie defends 'FedEx' plan for tracking immigrants: 'I don't mean people are packages'
Middlesex teen shot dead outside Plainfield convenience store
Teen suspect sought in fatal Newark shooting
Newark murder spike threatens to overshadow Christie's 2016 Camden success story
The Chicago Tribune
8 wounded in city shootings
Rauner's $30,000-a-month budget consultant departs as state remains without budget
Ex-Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad, who fled to Pakistan, heads to U.S. prison
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Former Steak 'n Shake employee sues for race and disability discrimination
Jimmy Dimora still believes his ethics reports clear him
State panel sets guidelines on police use of force, focusing on preserving life
Cleveland school attendance is critical for learning -- and success of schools transformation plan: Eric S. Gordon (Opinion)
The Los Angeles Times
Several San Quentin prison inmates have tested positive for Legionnaires' disease
The busboy who cradled a dying RFK has finally stepped out of the past
Brown seeks to broaden California's clean-energy reach in the West
L.A. board members will interview 2 firms to help them find a schools chief
It took hunting to find L.A. school board meeting on superintendent hunt
USA Today
Obama administration renames Mount McKinley to Denali
Male kindergarten teachers defy gender assumptions
‘All lives matter’ is off-point: Other views
The Washington Post
As Scott Walker slumps, his backers seek a reboot
Opinion: I'm Alison Parker's father. I will fight for gun control.
Cruz’s claim that Obama administration policy led to release of ‘104,000 violent criminal aliens’
After Katrina, this family fled to Nebraska. Now, they're in need of another rescue.
Left behind, New Orleans’s black middle class wonders: What recovery?
The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools
Amid glittering renewal, violence evokes a neighborhood’s bloody past
Cacophony conceals fallacy of D.C. mayor’s plan to address homicide rate
Panel may look at how pretrial practices affect disparities in justice
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