Today in Black History: James Byrd, Jr. of Jasper, Texas was dragged to his death by three white supremacists in an incident in 1998 that stunned the nation.
The New York Times
National
What to Watch For as Democrats Vote in Six States Today
The Supreme Court Is Afraid of Racial Justice
Supreme Court to Hear Death Penalty Cases
Donald Trump Says He Broke Glass Ceiling for Women in Construction Industry
On One California Night, Triumph and Tragedy
Baltimore Judge, Not Jury, to Decide Freddie Gray Murder Case
Why the Driver in the Freddie Gray Case Faces a Murder Charge
Outrage in Stanford Rape Case Over Light Sentence for Attacker and Statement by His Father
No Charges for Mother of Boy Who Slipped Into Gorilla Enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo
Local
De Blasio Shifts Away From His Re-election Message of ‘One City’
New York Attorney General Seeks to Halt Sale of 2 Nursing Homes Amid Inquiries
How the G.O.P. Plans to Restrict de Blasio’s Control of New York City Schools
The Christian Science Monitor
In America’s culture war, state legislatures lead the charge
THE MONITOR'S VIEW Muhammad Ali: ‘I am America’
The Star-Ledger
How N.J.'s 2.6 million unaffiliated voters can cast a ballot Tuesday
Bridgegate case: Who is 'John Doe?' Court remains mum on release of name
Blocked by Sweeney support of Horizon, lawmakers OK weaker insurance regulation
Blocking affordable housing segregates N.J.'s blacks and Latinos | Opinion
Failed N.J. political candidate, mom and sis indicted in mortgage fraud scheme
Philly.com
Kathleen Kane's office faces discrimination complaint - from her twin sister
Milton Street plans an independent run for Congress
Layoffs, tax hikes loom, Pa.schools say
Philly schools reach tentative pact with 32BJ blue-collar workers
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Downtown Cleveland to get city's first police 'mini-station' in years
Congressional pork lives, and that means millions are available for local road, bridge, trail projects
Only 40 percent of college seniors say their school prepared them for a career, survey says
What Cleveland can gain from New Haven's fight against gangs: Pathways to Peace
Why Muhammad Ali was The Greatest to a black kid in Cleveland: Gregory L. Moore
The Detroit Free Press
Costs of police body cameras raise concern
Michigan congressional candidate apologizes for teen sex remarks
Trial begins for Detroit cops accused of stealing money, drugs
The Chicago Tribune
6-year-old girl shot on Northwest Side
School bus monitor accused of hitting special-needs boy
'Crumbling prisons?' Not so fast, Gov. Rauner
Rauner: Emanuel's failure to stand up to Madigan 'major disappointment' of tenure
The Los Angeles Times
California's primary is Tuesday. Here's everything you need to know.
What nomination? Neither Clinton nor Sanders seems interested in her history-making moment
Black preschool kids still get suspended much more frequently than white preschool kids
Who gets to decide which L.A. public school campuses have to share space with charters?
On California's death row, too insane to execute
Gov. Brown's parole measure can go on November ballot, state Supreme Court rules
The Washington Post
Sanders’s supporters criticize news outlets for calling the nomination
Sanders plans to ‘assess’ presidential bid at home in Vermont after Tuesday contests
Ryan to unveil anti-poverty proposal as part of election-year policy agenda
Bernie Sanders tells supporters to knock off the violence
Five eye-opening figures from the U.S. Education Department’s latest civil rights data dump
New federal civil rights data show persistent racial gaps in discipline, access to advanced coursework
Their mom is jailed in West Africa, and they are desperate to bring her home to the U.S.
‘You’ve seen us disagree on the dais, but we have not been disagreeable’
USA Today
Black students nearly 4x as likely to be suspended
Wis. system fails to track juvenile prison assaults
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