Today in Black History: Groundbreaking ceremonies take place for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2006.
The New York Times
National
How Gun Traffickers Get Around State Gun Laws
Editorial: Confirm President Obama’s Judges
Amid Unrest in Missouri, University System Picks Michael Middleton as Interim Chief
Federal Appeals Panel Overturns Anti-Death Penalty Ruling in California
In Swan Song, Arne Duncan Extols School Progress Under His Tenure
Finding a Purpose, and Winning a Prize for It
Ohio Man Arrested After Social Posts Urging Killing of Military Members
A Bit of Housekeeping Removes a Confederate Flag in a U.S. Capitol Building
Local
De Blasio’s Advocacy Group Pursues Ambitious Agenda Despite Setbacks
Letter Surfaces at Sheldon Silver Trial Showing Potentially Lucrative Deal
Smoking Ban Proposal a Surprise to Some Public Housing Tenants
The Christian Science Monitor
How $15 minimum wage fight became a juggernaut in three years (+video)
Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'
Guitars Over Guns reaches at-risk youths with music
The Star Ledger
Missing Bridgegate document claim 'defense lawyer baloney,' Christie says
DPW bosses who assigned public employees to personal chores headed to jail, authorities say
Secret meetings at Grand Central and $5.6M in illegal deals
Another N.J. college hit with debt rating downgrade
N.J., Philly college student protesters demand tuition-free education
Philly.com
Area students protest racism: 'Who are we?'
Ex-prosecutors sue Kane in federal court
Drexel University revokes Bill Cosby's '92 honorary degree
Drexel, Penn at odds on Cosby degrees
New titles, bonuses for 2 administrators
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nina Turner changes her mind on Hillary Clinton, endorses Bernie Sanders for president
New report finds Tamir Rice shooting tragic but reasonable
Cleveland pastors, rabbis call for special prosecutor to probe Tamir Rice shooting
Vigil marks anniversary of Tanisha Anderson's fatal encounter with Cleveland police
Ohio offers resources to help newly released prisoners get back on their feet
The Detroit Free Press
DPS board: Let state pay $350,000 tab in Pugh case
Michigan rally supports University of Missouri students
Detroit Rising: And then there were streetlights
'Full of life' Detroit boy, 9, mourned after shooting
The Chicago Sun-Times
Feds: Free trips bind crooked CPS CEO Byrd-Bennett, textbook company
CPS asks high schoolers to listen to, and record, their elders this Thanksgiving
Preckwinkle questions Alvarez on jail policy
The Los Angeles Times
Charter school expansion could reshape L.A. Unified, officials say
College students confront subtler forms of bias: slights and snubs
Team of sleuths stalks cancer in L.A. County
The Washington Post
The cost of ‘quality of life’ policing: Thousands of young black men coerced to plead guilty to crimes they didn’t commit
How do parents in prison affect children in school?
Onetime civil rights lawyer to take over as University of Missouri president
Man charged in Mizzou Yik Yak threats had interest in Oregon college shootings, police say
Death threats at Howard U., with references to Mizzou, under investigation
U.S. sees alarming jump in rate of newborns with syphilis
Hillary Clinton’s claim that she tried to join the Marines
D.C.’s 16- and 17-year-olds are eager to vote for president. But should they?
Jacqueline Berrien, former EEOC chairwoman, dies at 53
Howard U. steps up security after threat
USA Today
Defense secretary's aide fired amid allegations
Million Student March protests student debt, tuition rates
Supreme Court may wade back into abortion debate
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