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Today in Black America - October 29

POSTED: October 29, 2024, 7:30 am

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The New York Times

The Misogynistic, Bigoted and Crude Rally Remarks Trump Hasn’t Disavowed

How Will Harris Make a Last Plea to Voters? Here Are Clues From the Courtroom.

How Autocrats Game the Rules of Democracy


The Washington Post

Opinion Why some Black men won’t vote for Kamala Harris


Opinion: How education and religion have redrawn America’s political map

Analysis: One week left: Deciphering the presidential race



The Associated Press

Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for ‘turning the page’ on Trump

Ballot drop box fires rekindle concerns that conspiracy theories are making them a target

They came for better lives and schools. Immigrants now see America’s divisions hurting their kids


USA Today


Ballot boxes burned, hundreds of votes destroyed in Washington, Oregon arson cases

Passenger dies subway surfing in NYC, another critically injured


Minneapolis man suspected of shooting neighbor over tree arrested


NJ.com

3 charged with murder in death of N.J. county prosecutor’s detective at her home

Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn across N.J. as severe drought continues

Federal corrections officer strangled, stabbed woman at N.J. photoshoot, cops say



The Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris to deliver closing argument at site of Trump’s pre-insurrection rally


L.A. Times, Washington Post see subscription cancellations over not endorsing in presidential race


The rest of the world, too, anxiously awaits U.S. election results



The Chicago Sun-Times


Despite a hiring freeze, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration still made hundreds of new hires


Chicago heating bills could double under troubled Peoples Gas pipeline replacement program, report finds

Chicago Housing Authority CEO Tracey Scott is leaving her post


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Fulton County election monitors call the county’s work ‘orderly’ and ‘organized’

$49M Biden administration grant to cut emissions at Savannah, Brunswick ports


This year’s election sets stage for an equally wild and expensive 2026 race in Georgia






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