In the past week, the Supreme Court has reshaped and recast what it means to be American. We [...]
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Category "Newsworks"
Baltimore riots speak loudly on police abuse
The Baltimore Police Department has completed its investigation into the April 12 death of Freddie Gray, the [...]
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Justice Department Report isnt enough to change the police
On Monday, when the Justice Department released its report recommending changes in the Philadelphia Police Department’s use [...]
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We Must Follow Officer Wilsons Example To Heal Our City
Robert Wilson was killed on a winter afternoon at a North Philadelphia strip mall, and if that [...]
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What would Thurgood say about schools?
On Wednesday I moderated a WHYY forum featuring a panel of black scholars talking about Thurgood Marshall, [...]
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Can $35 million buy the Philadelphia School District?
Is the Philadelphia School District up for sale? It seems to be the central question facing taxpayers in [...]
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Lower Merions Racial Snowstorm
Before Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., there was Erin Forbes in Lower Merion, Pa. Forbes, the African American [...]
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Michael Brown and the state of the union
On the heels of President Barack Obama's uplifting State of the Union address comes news that will [...]
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Selma snub hurts Oscars not Duvernay
For any black artist who has ventured into the mainstream world of media and entertainment, "Selma" director [...]
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Charlie Hebdo attack – freedom isn’t free
Freedom isn't free. That refrain has danced in my head since the tragic murders of 12 people [...]
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NYPD cop killer does not represent us
On either side of the thin blue line that separates police from civilian, we all have the [...]
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Eric Garner grand jury decision: Not again
Not again. Not another unarmed man killed by those whose salaries we pay. Not another death swept aside [...]
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