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Today in Black America - February 2

POSTED: February 02, 2017, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: Biologist Dr. Ernest E. Just receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for research on cell division on this date in 1915.

The New York Times

National

Making Policy, With a Dark View of Islam

Editorial: Quebec Responds to Hate With More Tolerance

Dozens of Dakota Pipeline Protesters Are Arrested


Berkeley Cancels Speech, and Trump Tweets His Outrage


U.S.-Australia Rift Is Possible After Trump Ends Call With Prime Minister

Supreme Court Fight Is More About Trump Than Gorsuch


Foreigners Trapped in the United States by New Policy

2 G.O.P. Senators to Vote Against Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary


Trump’s Black History Talk: From Douglass to Media Bias and Crime

Protesters Vow Defiance After Miami Heeds Immigration Order

After Visa Ban, Hints of Hidden Tension on Mississippi Campus


Local


Bills Passed to Help Tenants of New York ‘Three-Quarter Homes’


The Christian Science Monitor

January job growth smashes expectations; firms add 246,000 workers

Army Corps ordered to issue final permit for Dakota Access Pipeline

House votes to repeal anti-corruption law for oil companies abroad


What would 'extreme vetting' actually do?


World's most vulnerable refugees struggle as US welcome mat shrinks



The Star-Ledger

Another shooting rocks Newark neighborhood Wednesday

N.J. leaders are doing right by opposing Trump travel ban | Editorial

School principal from N.J. has $14K in unpaid tolls, fees, cops say

Rutgers, NJIT students stage protest against Trump's travel ban



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Judge to decide whether Cleveland Clinic doctor denied entry into U.S. by Trump's immigration ban should return

Ohio Gov. John Kasich proposes adding business experts to local school boards

Dozens arrested in immigration protest at Ohio University

Ohio Democrats want Donald Trump to make good on campaign pledge to rein in banks (video)

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's 2017 budget improves city services with new income tax

$10 million would help fix 767 Ohio homes with lead poisoning dangers


The Detroit Free Press


Detroit's $175-per-hour consultant may get a raise


Muslim woman films as man asks: Do you have a green card?

At mosque, religious leaders, mayors speak out against Trump orders



Philly.com

Hostage-takers at Delaware prison cite treatment, Trump

Facing a budget crunch, Wolf pays consultants -- to help find savings

Council members regularly missing mandated ethics training


Charles Ramsey consulting fee questioned as shootings rise in Wilmington


Armstrong: Trayvon Martin's parents defend his legacy with new book


The Chicago Tribune

Protesters call for reversal of Trump travel ban order: 'We will not stand for the politics of fear'

Emanuel spoke with Trump's chief of staff about Chicago violence


8 wounded in Chicago shootings, including 15-year-old boy

Teachers union governing body calls for CPS chief Claypool to resign


Rep. Roskam's office cancels ACA meeting when reporter shows up


The Washington Post


Republicans aggressively push approval of Trump Cabinet nominees

Trump began his ‘Black History Month listening session’ with a ‘media complaining session’

We have a standard for judging partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court should use it.

Two Republican senators say they will vote against DeVos for education secretary


As many head to the National Prayer Breakfast, here’s what evangelicals want next from Trump

Eyeing the House, Democrats move to hire operatives in 20 GOP-held districts

Mass. college creates ‘refugee scholarship’ for a student affected by Trump’s travel ban

Homeland Security inspector general will review implementation of Trump immigration ban

Teens behind racist graffiti sentenced to visit Holocaust Museum, read books by black and Jewish authors


Johns Hopkins Hospital inspires mistrust and fear in parts of East Baltimore


Revealing a ravaged Baltimore block’s rich past took work and luck. Here’s how we did it.


The Los Angeles Times


Violent protests force cancellation of speech by Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley

People from all around California are heading to the Central Valley to defend Obamacare. Here's why

California Democrats relish opposing Trump on immigration — but they could go too far


Man sentenced to 181 years in prison for killing 3 in Pasadena shooting rampage

California's top court to decide whether emails and texts sent on personal devices are public record


USA Today


Former AG Alberto Gonzales: Trump immigration order rollout 'botched'


Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools





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