Note: We will not post on Monday January 1, 2018. Happy New Year!
Dr. Robert C. Weaver and President Lyndon B. Johnson
Today in Black History: Dr. Robert C. Weaver, first Black Cabinet Secretary, is born in 1907. Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics).
The New York Times
Global
South African Court Raises Pressure for Zuma to Resign
Saudi Arabia and Iran Race to Expand Women’s Rights
National
Editorial: The Strange Silence About Gun Crimes
Trump Veers Away From 70 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy
Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’
Rush to Prepay Taxes Gives Way to Confusion and Anger
Prepaying Property Taxes? Your Bank May Make You an Audit Risk
U.S. to Roll Back Safety Rules Created After Gulf Spill
Local
The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
Child Playing With Stove Caused Bronx Fire That Killed 12
Victims Identified in Troy Homicides, but Killer Is Still at Large
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Moore’s Ford lynching: years-long probe yields suspects — but no justice
Morehouse college readies for new president
Philly.com
14 Philly-area Superfund sites in flood zones, sea-level-rise areas
Philly records more than 300 homicides for first time since 2012
'The numbers are insane': In Philly, four times as many people die from overdoses than murder
Last of Philly's black-owned bookstores looking for a comeback
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit is world's #2 top city to visit in 2018
FBI wiretaps reveal how towing titan Fiore built his empire
Groups: It's impossible to monitor Flint water pipe replacement
The Chicago Tribune
Chicago's homicide total drops by over 100 in 2017, but still highest of any U.S. city
Chicago police watchdog rules 2015 shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones was unjustified
More than 200 new Illinois laws take effect with the new year
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
146,000 Ohio workers will get pay boost from 2018 minimum wage increase
Cleveland mother accused in 5-year-old son's death indicted
Families of Anthony Sowell's victims can sue retired Cleveland detective following high court ruling
Dwayne Browder, advocate for youth and champion for the downtrodden, dies at 56
Channel 19 news crew robbed at gunpoint on Cleveland's East Side, police say
The Star-Ledger
In 4 days, N.J.'s minimum wage will creep up 16 cents
More people are dying on N.J. roads than have in a decade
Man injured in fiery pursuit files $25M tort claim against city, police department
State Police cleared in death of man who died in their custody
The Los Angeles Times
A powerful person has been accused of misconduct at a rate of once every 20 hours since Weinstein
Essential Education: Some of LAUSD's random searches confiscate more school supplies than weapons, analysis finds
Built to last: Former LAUSD Supt. Roy Romer, 89, surveys $20-billion school construction effort
The Washington Post
White House pursues internal changes amid worries about a difficult year ahead
New GOP tax law expected to slow rise of home values, creating winners and losers
11 curious quotes from Trump’s latest news interview
Opinion: A storm is gathering
Trump calls for border wall funding in any DACA deal, but Democrats are skeptical
Hundreds of thousands of poor Americans will soon be able to move to better areas, thanks to this judge
Trump administration to overhaul safety-monitoring rules for offshore drilling
Perspective: How the news media distorts black families
18-year-old is charged in three killings, including that of college-bound teenager
In race critical to Va. House control, GOP urges judges to stick by disputed ballot ruling
Third Title IX investigation at University of Maryland opens
USA Today
A look at those who changed the world and left us in 2017
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