today in black history

August 28, 2026

The historic March on Washington for "Jobs and Freedom" was held on this date in 1963.

Today in Black America - August 28

POSTED: August 28, 2026, 6:30 am

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The Washington Post

Judge again blocks Trump’s sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting

ICE is arresting soaring numbers of immigrants with no criminal record

New coalition fights Trump’s efforts to weaken protections for historic sites


USA Today

Which mistakes did Trump, US make in Iran? 'A lot went wrong'

Trump will turn on the GOP before the midterms. Just watch. | Opinion


Air Force major faces charges after calling for Trump’s impeachment



The New York Times


In Trump’s Washington, Ballooning National Debt Stirs Little Action

Judge Rules Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal

Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top U.S. Universities


The Associated Press


Autopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the back

Judge questions why Kennedy Center is moving so quickly to return Trump’s name to building

As super El Nino strengthens, study suggests that climate change is intensifying El Ninos


NJ.com


N.J. weather: Some towns were swamped with 4 inches of rain, one got 5 inches. See early town-by-town totals.

Even after budget bailout, N.J. city still forced to hike taxes $600. ‘This cannot happen again.’

7 appalling ways N.J. towns blew millions meant to save lives


The Los Angeles Times


California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires

Bass tells LAPD to stop issuing criminal citations to street vendors


Family of man killed by LAPD officer who mistook plastic fork for weapon to get $5.8 million


The Chicago Sun-Times


Flock license plate readers turn Chicago suburbs into ground zero for bitter fight over surveillance


Chicago immigration court violated due process for minors with removal orders, lawmakers say

Lynn Sweet: Emmett Till, Dr. King, Obama and Aug. 28


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Dickens seeks $50 million in matching pledges for neighborhood investments

GOP groups ramp up spending to support Mike Collins

Georgians have paid $1.4B extra for gas since Iran war



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