Today in Black History: Civil Rights pioneer and NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins died in on this date in 1981

The New York Times

National

Prospect of Another Shutdown Looms as Congress Girds for Fights Over Spending

The Iran Nuclear Deal: Congress Has Its Say

Republicans Fear Donald Trump Is Hardening Party’s Tone on Race

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Compete For Union Support

Doctors’ Association Sees Harm in Insurance Mergers

Video Feature: The Detroit Graduates

Jailed Kentucky Clerk Starts Federal Appeal

Lynn Walker Huntley, Lawyer in Prominent Civil Rights Issues, Dies at 69


Local

Cuomo Administration Lawyer Is Shot in Head Before West Indian Day Parade

A Door-to-Door Push to Get Parents Involved at Struggling Schools

Raymond Kelly, Ex-Police Commissioner, Blames Mayor de Blasio for Rise in Killings

As the Complaint Box Fills, Mayor de Blasio Adopts a Mr. Fix-It Approach


Philly.com

Biden in Pa. for Labor Day parade

Answers to frequently asked questions about school

Hite optimistic as school year starts

Unions banking hopes on races for high court

Philly Dems spent record $28M in primary for record low turnout

Report slams casino company as racist


The Christian Science Monitor

Is Obama the Democrats' Reagan?

Democrats maintain respectful campaign as polls tighten

Retailers end on-call scheduling, giving workers more stability

The many motivations behind Obama's paid sick leave plan


The Star Ledger

Driver in Tracy Morgan crash looks to dismiss charges, report says

Workers march through Trenton to call for minimum wage hike

Workers at troubled Atlantic City casinos put complaints in lights

Union labor wanes in N.J., but salary impact still significant

Tuskegee airman, WWII hero from N.J., dies at 90, report says


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Second man in custody charged in Cleveland drive-by that killed 5 year old

Cleveland police seize over a dozen guns during violent Labor Day weekend

What's next after No Child Left Behind? Melissa Cropper, Ohio Federation of Teachers

A Labor Day look at the changing world of work: editorial


The Chicago Tribune

54 shot, 8 fatally, over Labor Day Weekend

ME: Body parts in Garfield Park Lagoon were from African-American child, 2 to 3 years old

Why those working-age men who left the U.S. job market aren't coming back

City to offer ticket, tax amnesty program


The Los Angeles Times

L.A. firefighter fatally shoots his wife, a sheriff's deputy, in suspected murder-suicide

Don't panic, officials say as California braces for lower test results

Law school continues fight over minimum bar exam passage rate

L.A. plans to undo 2012 pension cuts in new union pay deal

Obama to honor UC Irvine Latina history professor

Aiming to diversify storytelling, Ava DuVernay expands scope of film distribution collective


The Detroit Free Press

Consequences of committee hearings for Courser, Gamrat

Detroit council to address marijuana shops, parking

Rally to welcome students back at Wright Elementary

Thousands in Michigan join Labor Day marches, bridge walks


USA Today

Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving alcohol

Mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies


The Washington Post

Robinson: Obama has plenty of reasons to smile

Gerson: Kim Davis is no Rosa Parks

A 2016 candidate in desperate need of voters, but in no hurry to meet them

Damon Wayans bashed for Cosby defense: ‘Some of them, really, is un-rapeable’

Emmett Till’s death, and history, is fading in this Mississippi town

Carson’s claim that ‘we have 10 times more people on welfare’ since the ’60s

As the Florida Avenue Market’s neighborhood becomes hip, longtime merchants are squeezed out

Loudoun board member issues apology after arrest, resignation