Posts Tagged ‘kensington’
What is a helping hand when no help is wanted? Kensington Drug Crisis
Safehouse wants to open safe injection sites so heroin users in Kensington can shoot drugs while medical personnel watch. The neighbors are against it, and so am I, but this week, Safehouse petitioned the Supreme Court to weigh in on their plans. If the court approves the plan, Kensington will remain at the mercy of…
Read More Rendell and developer try opening illegal drug house in Kensington. What’s safe about that?
Now that developers have succeeded in making Philadelphia one of the most gentrified cities in America, they’re partnering with current and former city officials like Ed Rendell to open a drug house for mostly white addicts. Rendell and Safehouse, the non-profit he chairs, are finalizing a deal to get a free lease from a major…
Read More Safe Injection Sites Community Forum – Complete Audio
Solomon Jones and Praise 107.9 FM teamed with every day Philadelphians to host “Safe Injection Sites: A Community Forum.” Neighbors had the opportunity to pose questions to city leaders after the Kenney administration, faced with a drug crisis that killed an estimated 1200 people last year, proposed Safe Injection Sites where intravenous drug users can…
Read More Safe Injection Sites: A Community Forum
Amid the drug crisis that caused an estimated 1200 overdose deaths in Philadelphia last year, city leaders have proposed Safe Injection Sites where intravenous drug users can inject drugs under the supervision of medical personnel. Philadelphians have many concerns about this proposal. On Friday February 9th at 6:30 pm at Mt. Tabor AME Church at…
Read More Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders hit Philly
I watched Hillary Clinton when she took the stage Wednesday at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention at the Sheraton Hotel in Center City. Her remarks, while pointed, and often poignant, were not delivered with the fervor of a gifted speaker. Rather, Clinton speaks in measured tones that are explanatory rather than rousing. Her speeches are…
Read More Top 5 Live-Tuesday November 17
Top 5 Live-WURD Tuesday November 17 1. Paris Attacks: Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud Is Reportedly Mastermind A leading Belgian jihadist who is one of the most active ISIS operators in Syria is the suspected mastermind behind the Paris massacre, according to reports. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who once boasted about evading Western intelligence, is also said to be…
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