Dear Housewife: How do you continue to love when you have been betrayed by family members, in many [...]
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We’re having snow…You’re having babies.
THE CONSEQUENCES of our snowy winter will show up nine months from now, and when they do, [...]
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Demolition Spurs Gentrification in Philadelphia
WHEN COLUMBIA Avenue was Jump Street, and Ridge Avenue was a vital commercial artery that snaked through [...]
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Your ex is a tax cheat…with your child
Question of the Day: You’re divorced and your ex is a tax cheat claiming your child on their [...]
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Solomon Jones reads from The Bridge
THE BRIDGE OPENS with Kenya Brown, a little girl from the projects who is dealing with much [...]
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She kept calling me Daddy
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article concerns adolescent sexual and mental health issues, and may not be suitable for small [...]
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I saw Trayvon and Jordan in his eyes
USUALLY WHEN I photograph children, they smile at the camera. They light up, pose, and glam it [...]
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Saving our boys at the voting booth
IN THE WAKE of the Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin murders, I am for the first time, [...]
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My teenager’s boyfriend is eating all our food
Dear Housewife: Is it wrong to charge your teen for having their boyfriend or girlfriend over 3-4 times [...]
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You can’t stop fighting over money
Question of the Day: Lately your bank account has become increasingly low. You get on a budget, but [...]
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Why we must vote
PHILADELPHIA IS IN TROUBLE. Not because of toxic political infighting that pits one neighborhood against another, but [...]
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Sochi? Philly’s having its own Winter Olympics
FOR MUCH of the past month, I've felt like a man trapped in a snowy nightmare. The [...]
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