Today in Black History: Black students take over Willard Straight Hall on the campus of Cornell University to protest racism at the school on this date in 1969.
The New York Times
National
Tracy K. Smith and Jacqueline Woodson Talk Reading, Race and Spreading the Gospel of Literature
Black Men Arrested at Starbucks Speak Out
Can Training Eliminate Biases? Starbucks Will Test the Thesis
Police Kill Black Man With Barrage of Bullets Outside California Walmart
Puerto Rico Is Once Again Hit by an Islandwide Blackout
Edsall: The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem
Opinion: Smearing Mueller
Across Midwest, Farmers Warn of G.O.P. Losses Over Trump’s Trade Policy
North Korea Is Said to Remove Major Obstacle to U.S. Talks
Free of Contract, Model Can Discuss Alleged Trump Affair
Local
A Monument Is Removed, but Its Racist Ideas Linger
Hearing the Cohen Case: A Soft-Spoken Judge Who ‘Carries a Big Stick’
Syracuse Fraternity Suspended for ‘Extremely Racist’ Video
A Long-Running Black History Show in a Library Basement
Philly.com
Men arrested at Philly Starbucks speak out on Good Morning America
Drexel prez: Students deserve tougher penalties for hazing
Why 1 in 14 Philly renters faces eviction every year
Cheltenham HS stresses unity during gun protest walkout on Columbine anniversary
The Detroit Free Press
What your student should know before joining National School Walkout
Bill may force 300,000 Michiganders to work
Rosa Parks exhibit of controversial Detroit house reopening
Lawsuit: Michigan medical center let patients choose caregiver by race
The Star-Ledger
Couple leaving church watched helplessly as woman was stabbed to death in street
ATF urgently searching for 700 lbs. of dynamite stolen 75 miles from N.J. border
Motor-voter law should only be the first step in registration reboot | Editorial
Assemblywoman's son will spend 3 years behind bars
The Chicago Tribune
Attorney general candidate Kwame Raoul's campaign hired ex-Blagojevich aide convicted in state fraud scheme
Democrats still looking for votes to override Rauner's gun store licensing veto
As pay and benefits stagnate, nontenured faculty and graduate students in Illinois, Chicago look to unions
Research on NFL players' brains might help survivors of domestic violence in Chicago
DAHLEEN GLANTON: America's problems with race start (but don't end) at your Starbucks bathroom
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio State University posts all salaries online
Cleveland police search for missing 12-year-old twins
Payday lending bill advances out of Ohio legislative committee
The Washington Post
‘They can’t be here for us’: Black men arrested at Starbucks tell their story for the first time
After calling Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist,’ a professor taunts critics: ‘I will never be fired’
McConnell, the Senate’s decider, discovers the limits of his control
Trump allies press Rosenstein for documents on officials tied to Russia, Clinton probes
Trump attorney Michael Cohen withdraws libel lawsuits over Russia dossier
Analysis: The dominoes are falling after the Michael Cohen raid
Analysis: Karen McDougal is free to talk, and the danger to Trump does not end there
Senate committee plans Monday vote on Pompeo as secretary of state
Police chiefs implore Congress not to pass concealed-carry reciprocity gun law
Barry and Mary Gossett donate $21.25 million to Maryland for academic programs for athletes
‘Black Panther’ star Boseman to speak at Howard’s commencement
On the anniversary of the Columbine shooting, some students plan to walk out
The Los Angeles Times
Anger spreads over police killing of black man in Walmart parking lot in Barstow
ICE enforcement ends in death of farmworkers, leaving anger and questions
The power game behind the search for a new L.A. schools leader
California leads nation in pushing back against Trump health policies
USA Today
Senate panel will vote on bill to protect Mueller despite McConnell's opposition
Fraternity suspended for racist, sexist videos posted in secret Facebook group, Syracuse University says
Tennessee Air National Guardsmen punished over dinosaur hand puppet video
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