Today in Black History: Booker T. Washington delivers his "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition in 1895.
The New York Times
National
St. Louis Protests: A Guide to the Police-Shooting Case
Shootings of 2 Black Men in Baton Rouge Were Probably Racially Motivated, Police Say
The United Nations Explained: Its Purpose, Power and Problems
Trump Lawyers Clash Over Russia Inquiry Cooperation
Trump Declines to Release List of His Mar-a-Lago Visitors
When Affirmative Action Isn’t Enough
The Best Health Care System in the World: Which One Would You Pick?
Equifax Breach Prompts Scrutiny, but New Rules May Not Follow
Nursing Home Deaths Prompt New Rules by Florida Governor
Local
How Party Bosses, Not Voters, Pick Politicians in New York
Cuomo Proposes Stricter Regulations for Credit Reporting Agencies
Hal Tulchin, Who Documented a ‘Black Woodstock,’ Dies at 90
The Star-Ledger
A hostile model spars with prosecutors and other testimony at Menendez trial
Pair recorded jumping on cars in movie theater lot arrested
Return to local control in Newark schools is good step, but still not enough | Opinion
22 years of state control over Newark schools: A Timeline
State lawmaker unleashes vulgar tirade during arrest
Philly.com
How will Philly pay for its new police contract?
City's pension 'reform' hits taxpayers, consumers
Bunch: Jemele Hill is right, and a shocking acquittal of a cop in St. Louis proves it
An attempt to transform a North Philly neigborhood starts with a new school
$400M prisonno easy cell for Grateford guards, inmates
The Detroit Free Press
Royal Oak police are investigating racist graffiti spray painted on cars, garages and fences over the weekend.
Inside Nikolai Vitti’s early effort to transform Detroit’s battered public schools
4 plans considered to bring auto insurance rate relief to Michiganders
2017 M-STEP results in Michigan reveal a troubling trend in education
The Chicago Tribune
Chicago marks 500th homicide of the year: 'It's never over'
Meet Cook County's first social worker for the dead
Immigration population more than doubles in smaller Midwest cities as growth slows in Chicago
Chicago native Lena Waithe makes Emmy history as first black woman to win for comedy writing
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland State University raises more than $114 million for students
See how closely Ohio school report card grades trend with district income
Even experts disagree on what state report card grades mean
Ohio State University student from Strongsville killed in apparent murder-suicide, reports say
The Los Angeles Times
Trump faces questions over his promise to historically black colleges
As long as Trump is president, California lawmakers will keep building a wall against his policies
'Hamilton' gets past race by imagining Founding Fathers with black and brown faces
This L.A. mall is famous for its African American Santa Claus. Can it survive gentrification?
Trump crosses yet another line on Twitter days before U.N. address
L.A. woman who received an unenforceable plea deal asks Brown to commute her sentence
The Washington Post
As Trump’s presidency grows more polarizing, a potentially troubling trend emerges for his hotels and clubs
St. Louis officers chant ‘whose streets, our streets’ while arresting protesters
Hurricanes provided many painful lessons about the power of nature
Climate contrarians among those nominated to sit on influential EPA board
For those in the Party of Trump, the Republicans — not the president — are to blame
Perspective: We still have time to repent for American racism
Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County executive, enters Maryland governor’s race
Democrat has twice the cash of opponent in Va. governor’s race
Kondwani Fidel opens up about giving a voice to black experiences in Baltimore
A historic African American school was defaced. Then donations poured in.
Measure to let noncitizens vote actually failed, College Park announces
USA Today
'He was crying and moaning in agony': Public health crisis looms after Irma
Sen. John McCain reveals what really happened in the James Comey hearing
Subway seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging it hid Jared Fogle's misconduct for profits
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