Today in Black History: United Negro College Fund founder Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, was born in Washington, D.C.
The New York Times
National
Hurricane Matthew Toll Climbs to at Least 17 as North Carolina Suffers Record-Breaking Flooding
North Carolina, Saturated and Surprised, Reels from Hurricane Matthew
Palm Springs Police ‘Awake in a Nightmare’ After Fatal Shootings
California Today: Mental Health Team Will Aid San Francisco Police
Donald Trump Probably Stanched His Losses, but Didn’t Seem to Gain
In Second Debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Spar in Bitter, Personal Terms
Donald Trump Featured Paula Jones and 2 Other Women Who Accused Bill Clinton of Sexual Assault
Level of Outrage Over Donald Trump Tape Is Linked to Another Issue: Race
Local
New York Today: Mourning a Brooklyn Attorney
Ken Thompson, Brooklyn District Attorney, Dies After Disclosing Cancer
A Divisive President at City College, and a Long List of Personal Expenses
Brooklyn Lawsuit Could Affect the Fate of Millions of Immigrants Nationwide
In Bridgeport, Property Values Plummet, but Taxes Soar for Some
The Christian Science Monitor
Who’s helping Haiti in the wake of hurricane Matthew?
Beneath the Clinton-Trump mud fight, some value
Why so much blatant racism is bubbling to the surface
Why I'm against desegregating my black grandsons' school system
Is making STEM social one way to get more children interested?
The Star-Ledger
Former West New York commissioner gets 10 months house arrest for $400k mortgage scheme
N.J. lawmaker: 6-points of ID required, voter registration at DMV makes sense - Opinion
Only 0.0002% of tenants know about this legal right, study finds
Princeton University investigates racist emails sent to students, faculty
Philly.com
Fed-up Philly teachers jumping ship
PAFA bans male model from campus following racist rant
Recognizing African Americans in Abington Friends cemetery
City school getting $1M
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio brickmakers seek demolition of new EPA emissions rule
Cleveland Native Americans pray for those at Standing Rock protesting pipeline (photos, video)
Poor students can lag four years behind rich ones nationwide: See where your school district stands academically, economically
How poor are Cleveland students? Very, but some Ohio cities have even worse child poverty
The Detroit Free Press
Did we really 'almost lose Detroit' in Fermi 1 mishap 50 years ago?
City of Detroit reimburses CFO for $4,000 rent, flights
13-year-old critical after being shot in Detroit
Riley: Detroit school board must be vetted extensively
The Washington Post
Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to at least 21 across Southeast
‘Learn your manners,’ a white man wrote to his black neighbor. This was the response.
Scorched earth on a split screen: Trump is unbowed in the second debate
The answer is no: We haven’t seen anything quite like this
Clinton, Kaine airbrush out inconvenient details about U.S. troop departure from Iraq
Community restores historic African American schoolhouse to counter hate
A professor is under fire after saying Black Lives Matter is as racist as the KKK
Cassandra Pinkney, charter school leader and early childhood advocate, dies at 68
Upset teacher wrote ‘focus’ on a student’s forehead. Now, he’s charged with assault.
The Chicago Tribune
Stakes different this time as teachers, city face strike
Salaries, support show divide between CPS, other Illinois school districts
40 shot, 5 of them fatally, in Chicago over weekend
Why lower-income students are drawn to for-profit schools
The Los Angeles Times
If Proposition 55 passes, the state budget will rely even more on California's highest earners
Millennials aren't big spenders or risk takers, and that's going to reshape the economy
Pasadena police release names of officers involved in deadly struggle with Reginald Thomas Jr.
L.A. Unified backs down and agrees to provide lifetime benefits to charter school teachers
Protesting tenants of a Highland Park apartment complex face a mass eviction
USA Today
How college students in South Carolina are coping in the wake of Hurricane Matthew
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