Today in Black History: Isabella Baumfree, who took on the name Sojourner Truth and was a fearless abolitionist, was born into slavery in 1797 in Swartekill, NY.
The New York Times
National
Editorial: How to Fight ISIS
Editorial: Mass Surveillance Isn’t the Answer
Yale Will Strengthen Teaching on Race and Ethnicity, Its President Says
Racism on Campus: Stories From New York Times Readers
Amherst Mascot Gets Thumbs Down From Faculty
Government to Expand Program to Forgive Student Loan Debt
Video of an Arrest in San Francisco Triggers Investigations Into Deputies’ Use of Force
Electing to Ignore the Poorest of the Poor
Bobby Jindal Quits Republican Presidential Race
Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say
Local
Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Support of White New Yorkers, Poll Finds
New York State Accuses Utica School District of Bias Against Refugees
City to Pay $5.3 Million to End Suits Over 2 Rikers Inmates’ Deaths
Silver Made Misleading Comments About How He Disclosed His Income, U.S. Says
The Christian Science Monitor
Why Israel's right wing is gunning for nation's Supreme Court
Baltimore riots report: Police must train for 'large-scale critical incidents'
In Ivory Coast, a president's push to redefine citizenship is personal
The Star Ledger
N.J. revenues fall below Christie projection
3 Newark men arrested on weapons-related charges, authorities say
UPDATE: Atlantic City rescue bills may not be enough, Moody's says
Philly.com
Top Kane aides to testify
It's elementary: Classrooms need libraries
Kenney names 3 cabinet members, including a diversity officer
Dwight Evans has new weapons as he aims again for higher office
Thousands of local college students get debt relief
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bill to allow concealed handguns in day cares, airports clears Ohio House
Tamir Rice family attorneys criticize latest expert report from prosecutor
Cleveland Judge Ronald Adrine calls meeting to discuss 'mass arrest' procedures with police brass, local officials
PG Sittenfeld pushes gun regulation as key campaign issue against Ted Strickland
Cleveland spending $1 million to study school progress that testing can't measure
The Chicago Sun-Times
Sources: Police questioning man in murder of Tyshawn Lee
Disgraced Fox Lake cop's widow says Gliniewicz also put own money into accounts he stole from
80 guns stolen from suburban man hit Chicago's streets, feds say
The Detroit Free Press
Snyder talks tough on refugees, flunks social studies
Can't afford health care premiums? Nonprofit can help
Auto, tech companies pledge $4.5 million to Focus: HOPE
$195M pension payment might derail Detroit's recovery
The Los Angeles Times
Aided by social media, college students find new power in campus protests
L.A. council declares shelter crisis, paves way for temporary housing for homeless in public buildings
L.A. Unified explores possibility of becoming an all-charter district
Backlash brews against student race protests at Claremont McKenna College
The Washington Post
How ISIS makes its money
To Mark Zuckerberg from a former classmate: Why I’m ‘alarmed’ by your new school reform effort
How Black Lives Matter, born on the streets, is rising to power on campus
Charlie Sheen disclosed he has HIV. Here’s the state of the disease in America.
New York’s costly experiment in test-based educator evaluation is crashing
Americans see a lot of discrimination against people who are Muslim, black or gay
Why young American women are joining ISIS
Washington College closes ‘until further notice’ as FBI joins search for armed student
An insider’s view of community college reforms
USA Today
14 years of war and we still haven't learned the right lesson: 9/11 Chairmen
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