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Category "About the News"
One veteran’s fight for home
It was the day after Christmas 2012, and Robert Long was out of options. The New Jersey native [...]
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Michael Brown and the effects of colorism
The outcry triggered by the killings of unarmed men by police officers — from Michael Brown's shooting [...]
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Corbett uses Mumia as political pawn
I'VE NEVER BEEN emotionally invested in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the radio journalist convicted for the murder [...]
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SRC in denial after judicial order
THIS WEEK, Judge Nina Wright Padilla issued a restraining order to prevent the School Reform Commission from [...]
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PFT vs SRC: A Philadelphia Story
ONE OF THE PARTS of office culture that you can’t seem to get around no matter how badly [...]
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It is time for the SRC to go
ON THE DAY THINGS CHANGED, Philadelphia public-school teachers reported to work, as they always do, in a [...]
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Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, and us
IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS about fixing the problem of domestic violence, we must first address the problem of child [...]
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Bruce Levenson is greedy not racist
SOME PEOPLE are saying it’s commendable that Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson self-reported a purportedly racist email he sent [...]
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Two girls, an Uzi, and a playground
BULLETS AND BURGERS. That’s the name of the gun range (and burger joint) where firearms instructor Charles Vacca [...]
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Black Boys #RIP
NO ONE WILL be there to hug you in a coffin when you leave this unforgiving world. Nor [...]
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Hard questions as Michael Brown is buried
REST IN PEACE. It’s the platitude we will hear today as Michael Brown’s parents bury their child. Brown [...]
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