Today in Black History: Journalist and civil rights leader, Roy Wilkins, who served as the executive director of the NAACP, was born in 1901 in St. Paul, MN.
Continuing coverage of tropical storm Harvey in the Houston Chronicle
The New York Times
National
A Boom in Confederate Monuments, on Private Land
Editorial: Making Sure Your Help Gets to Hurricane Harvey’s Victims
Relentless Storm Makes Second Landfall, in Louisiana
Blue-Collar Volunteers, Rushing to the Rescue in Boats
Toll on Energy Industry Exposes a Vulnerability
Despite Reassurances, Immigrants Fear Being Arrested
Pleas in Port Arthur: ‘Our Whole City Is Underwater’
Trump Tax Plan May Free Corporate Dollars. Then What?
Fight for Senate Complicated by ‘Trump Republicans’
Day Trading in Wall Street’s Complex ‘Fear Gauge’ Proliferates
Local
They Have a Say Over the Subways, From Hundreds of Miles Away
To Shrink Jail Population, a Bail Program Is Expanding
Philly.com
'I'm not racist. . . . My grandkids are biracial'
In charged climate, Philly teachers learn how to keep immigrant students safe
The Star-Ledger
Town's only female cop details years of sexual harassment in lawsuit
This is scary: NJ Transit compliance chief fired after saying it's not safe | Editorial
Allegations against 7 cops put criminal cases on hold, report says
6 cops could face discipline for raiding home without warrant, report says
Major developer: Why we're betting big on Newark now | Opinion
The Chicago Tribune
Senate advances landmark school funding bill; Rauner to sign measure Thursday
Emanuel defends CPS property tax increase
Son giving kidney to top cop Eddie Johnson: 'You want something done right, you do it yourself'
EDITORIALS: At last, the path to a consent decree on Chicago policing
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Election has become a referendum on Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's performance, panel says
More than 40 percent of college grads owe at least $20,000 in student loans, report says
Family of man killed by Euclid police officer 'angry and disappointed;' chief calls for peace
Brother of Akron teen who died in police custody 'just wants the truth'
Former Cuyahoga County Jail inmate sues, says staff ignored severe withdrawal symptoms
The Detroit Free Press
Push is on to sell, develop former DeHoCo prison site in Plymouth
Here are Michigan's top SAT scoring high schools
Family of Dearborn Mayor Orville Hubbard wants statue, but ownership at issue
Rochelle Riley to host radio talk show on 910AM
Keegan-Michael Key defends Detroit: 'It's not the wild, wild West'
The Washington Post
Storm makes landfall in a state once left reeling by Katrina
Disaster relief agencies ready to help Harvey victims, but they can’t get in
‘He could hear the kids screaming’: Six family members swept away trying to flee Harvey
Even in visiting ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself
Trump and Harvey: 'There was something missing' from what the president said
Kremlin says it got the Trump Tower email but didn’t respond
Less ‘resistance’ from Democrats up for reelection next year in states Trump won
With his tax effort in peril, Trump to pressure Congress for swift action
‘We don’t pretend this is over’: After Charlottesville, colleges expect trouble
Gillespie hires Trump operative who believes country is on verge of civil war
Hogan promises ‘truth in sentencing’ measure for repeat violent offenders
Redskins name and logo barred by Green Acres School in North Bethesda, Md.
Firm hired to probe graduation rates in Prince George’s County schools
The Los Angeles Times
Why it's harder for African American women to report campus sexual assaults, even at mostly black schools
The fight over what to call Columbus Day in L.A. is about two very different politicians
The fight against syphilis takes county health teams through fences, under bridges, into homes
Laura Weinrib: The ACLU's free speech stance should be about social justice, not longstanding precedent
USA Today
Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, with an estimated cost of $160 billion
She went from paycheck to paycheck to starting her own business
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