Today in Black History: In 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus, sparking a boycott that changed history.
The New York Times
National
Four Charged in Shooting of Minneapolis Protesters
Jury Selection in Freddie Gray Death Offers Look at Life in Baltimore
Edfitorial: The Children Left Behind After Mass Shootings
Op-Ed: Cover-Up in Chicago
‘Love’ and Disbelief After Trump Meets With Black Leaders
Breaking Out (Special: The California Sunday Magazine)
Clinton Email Is Released After Security Concern Is Dismissed
Hillary Clinton Unveils $275 Billion Infrastructure Investment Plan
Syrian Family of 7 Is Settled in New Jersey Against Christie’s Opposition
Making It Harder to Prove White-Collar Crimes
Local
Ex-Assembly Speaker Is Convicted of Corruption
Reformers in Albany May be Spurred by Silver Verdict
Nonprofits, Aiming for Relevance, Try On New Names
The Star Ledger
Federal transportation funding cut could jeopardize tunnel project, say Menendez, Sires
Is the shaming finally over for Rutgers athletics? | Editorial
Christie: Patrick Hobbs will 'straighten out' Rutgers athletics
Booker, Menendez: Keep tax credit that helps N.J.'s working poor
The Christian Science Monitor
Chris Christie's N.H. coup: How endorsements shape voters' choices
Why climate change isn't a winning issue in US politics
More than 1,000 racism complaints at US colleges. What happened? (+video)
Chicago Black Friday protests test power of new civil rights movement
Philly.com
What's next for Black Lives Matter in Philly?
Jail for Gosnell's son in bizarre burglary
Cheyney University lands on probation
Ex-Philly school official claims retaliation over book on schools
Mayor-elect Kenney begins meeting constituents
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland's lead program plagued by cuts for a decade; city vows to get program on track: Toxic Neglect
Tamir Rice's mother testifies before grand jury, her lawyer says
Bill to aid homeless vets outlined by Sen. Sherrod Brown
Cleveland Heights pastor Darrell Scott connects Donald Trump with other black ministers
Cleveland schools may be gaining students, not losing them by the thousands
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit seeks $50M from vendors paid before bankruptcy
Ford invests $1.3B, adds 2,000 jobs at Kentucky plant
Ron Scott, Detroit activist, dies at 68
Mayor: Detroit police officers to get 4% pay raises
The Chicago Sun-Times
Cop charged in Laquan McDonald case bonds out of jail
1 in 5 African-Americans say they've been treated unfairly by police in past month
Chicago Teachers Union plans strike vote on Dec. 9: report
The Los Angeles Times
9th Circuit says L.A. broke the law when it cut housing subsidies for the poor
Critics want more urgency from L.A. leaders on the homelessness crisis
Ex-L.A. County sheriff's deputies sentenced to prison for beating of jail visitor
The Washington Post
Why many high-stakes testing foes see ‘modest’ progress in No Child Left Behind rewrite
How schools would be judged under ‘Every Student Succeeds,’ the new No Child Left Behind
Man arrested for threatening to kill ‘white devils’ at the University of Chicago
For Clinton, one glaring holdout among female Democratic senators
The black clergy endorsements for Trump that never came
Fear, faith and the rise of Ben Carson
First trial in death of Freddie Gray begins in a city still on edge
Murals of pain, anger and hope in Freddie Gray’s Baltimore neighborhood
A quarter of D.C. students ‘on track’ for college, PARCC test results show
Just 4 percent of special education students in the District considered proficient on new PARCC tests
USA Today
U.S. Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino
1 dead in Atlanta police shooting near hotel
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