I was angry when I read the story of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, an Irving Tx., teen who [...]
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Category "About the News"
School is in session. Futures are at stake.
PUBLIC SCHOOL is in session in Philadelphia, and the hopes of a generation will hang in the balance. It [...]
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Don’t blame Black Lives Matter
Daron Goforth, a Houston-area sheriff’s deputy, was killed when Shannon Miles allegedly approached from behind and pumped [...]
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Katrina a decade later
A DECADE ago, when Hurricane Katrina poured her wrath on the Gulf Coast, America wasn't prepared for [...]
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Philly schools could be broke by mid-October
When I was a child, the start of the school year was a time of giddy anticipation. That [...]
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Mourning 50 years of the Voting Rights Act
I want to be proud on this, the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, [...]
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Even in preschool black lives matter
AS A BLACK FATHER, I was alarmed to learn what government studies consistently show. For black children, the [...]
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Solving the problem of prison overcrowding
WHEN NIGHT fell on Independence Day, I stood outside with my children and watched fireworks fill the [...]
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Will love really win on same sex marriage?
In the past week, the Supreme Court has reshaped and recast what it means to be American. We [...]
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If the Confederate flag stays boycott SC
THE SHOOTING deaths of nine people in Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C., is a tragedy, one that [...]
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Pope visit will expose Philly poverty
I AM NOT Catholic, but I understand the significance of the upcoming papal visit. In short, the [...]
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As a people, we must put books before bars
I'M STARTING to fear for the future of Philadelphia's children, because education seems to have taken a [...]
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