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POSTED: January 20, 2017, 10:30 am

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Today in Black History: On this day in 2009 Barack Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first Black President.


The New York Times

National


Before Emptying the White House, Obama’s Glittering Round of Farewells

New President Will Take Command of a Polarized Country


Review: Trump Concert Misses Opportunity

Donald Trump’s Inauguration Becomes a Time to Protest and Plan

Donald Trump’s Path to the White House


The Inaugural Parade, and the Presidents Who Walked It


EDITORIAL: Can President Trump Be Presidential?

A ‘Justice Nightmare’: 32 Years in Texas Prisons


Local

New Yorkers Rediscover Activism in the Trump Presidency Era

New Yorkers Pitch In to Aid the Women’s March


Inauguration Protests Held at a Trump Tower and Elsewhere


Wayne Barrett, Fierce Muckraker at The Village Voice, Dies at 71


The Christian Science Monitor

Trump’s Inauguration Day: beyond the pageantry, after the boycotts

The Trump era begins

As Trump's 'roll-back cabinet' takes charge, lessons from Reagan era

Despite tough talk, US and Mexico need each other


The Star-Ledger


No Hispanics in Trump cabinet, and Menendez isn't happy

N.J. political party fundraising plummets amid rise of 'dark money'

Betsy DeVos: What education secretary pick could mean for N.J.

Newark offers tax cut to companies that hire city residents

Obama grants clemency to 9 more N.J. inmates


Philly.com


Report projects ACA repeal would cost 137,000 Pa. jobs and dramatically increase state budget deficit

Trial set for Philly Rep. Vanessa Brown in sting case


Kenney stands with women, says no to business coalition


800 turn out in King of Prussia to learn how to confront a Trump administration


The Washington Post


Presidency will usher in a transformative shift in country’s leadership

Here's what Donald Trump's Cabinet looks like


Scattered clashes erupt between Trump supporters, protesters

Black Lives Matter protesters shut down inauguration checkpoint

Standing Rock porotesters block entrance to Trump's inauguration

Trump is right. He didn’t create America’s divisions. But will he heal them?

The White House went ghost on Obama’s last night


The Obama administration spent billions to fix schools. It didn’t work.

The artist who created the Obama ‘Hope’ poster is back with new art and a similar message

Senate set to confirm two Trump Cabinet nominees Friday; others will wait


Van Hollen to reject three of Trump’s Cabinet nominees

There are 450 charter buses with city parking permits for the inauguration. 1,800 are registered for the Women’s March.

Obama administration withdraws rules regarding education funding for poor children

Montgomery County groups keep pressure on for $15 minimum wage



The Chicago Tribune


Illinois preps for diminished D.C. stature as Trump replaces Obama

Ex-top cop McCarthy says he's unsure why he was subpoenaed in Jackson divorce

Why Chicagoans keep photos of Obama on their walls


Sick? More Illinois residents heading to store clinics—not just their doctors—for treatment


The Los Angeles Times


Democrats once dreamed of Inauguration Day. Now they're soul-searching instead

After sending many signals to Latinos in his campaign, Trump sends another: Not in my Cabinet


Banks: From wise and thoughtful Obama to thin-skinned and mean-spirited Trump

City College of San Francisco wins back accreditation after years of uncertainty

L.A. Councilman Mike Bonin unveils plan to put more cops in neighborhoods



USA Today


Obamas out, Trumps in: The most powerful coffee break in the world on inauguration day


Obama denies clemency for Leonard Peltier, nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee


The Detroit Free Press


As Trump presidency vexes, turn to the Constitution

Lawsuit over Detroit school janitors may cost taxpayers $31 million


City of Detroit joins high-profile literacy lawsuit

Dearborn group gets $500,000 grant from DHS to counter extremism







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