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Category "About the News"
Don’t let Hurricane Harvey become Hurricane Katrina
As I watched the horrific images of Hurricane Harvey causing catastrophic flooding in Houston, I was moved. I [...]
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Remove the Rizzo statue from public property
Because he oversaw and maintained police brutality in the black and brown communities in which I grew [...]
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Trump’s lies about racism
I think Donald Trump is lying. When he says, “Racism is evil and those who cause violence in [...]
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We’re coming for you NRA
The National Rifle Association claims its mission is to protect and defend constitutional freedoms. Yet with a [...]
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Michael Vick is wrong: A haircut won’t help Colin Kaepernick, or any black man
Michael Vick, who knows well the sting of being an NFL outcast, believes Colin Kaepernick must do [...]
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Will email scandal finally open Trump supporters’ eyes?
Donald Trump Jr., while a senior adviser to his father’s presidential campaign, met with a lawyer who [...]
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Older black people have let younger generation down
By refusing to share the pain of our experiences with race in America, older blacks have failed [...]
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Temple grad Solomon Jones goes from homelessness to critical acclaim
Solomon Jones is featured in a new ad campaign from Temple University, his alma mater. In it, [...]
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Building trade unions and Rebuild – a slippery slope
As part of an ongoing investigation into union corruption in Philadelphia, the FBI has acknowledged yearlong wiretaps [...]
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Not high on mixing medical marijuana and politics
A MEDICAL marijuana dispensary called TerraVida Holistic Centers is being proposed for my neighborhood, and I'm not [...]
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Democrats could learn a thing or two from Donald Trump
To celebrate his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump held a rally in Harrisburg. There, in the capital [...]
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