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Category "About the News"
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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Obama to Democrats: Stop Running From Who You Are
On Thursday evening, as I waited with the press corps for President Obama’s address to the House [...]
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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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Whose story is Selma?
Those of you who have followed Denzel Washington’s career since its inception know that he won his [...]
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I took my kids to see Selma. I had to.
I TOOK MY family to see "Selma," the Golden Globe-nominated film that portrays the bloody battle for [...]
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Charlie Hebdo attack exposes hypocrisy
The shootings at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris last week have led to yet another round of [...]
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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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2015: Reflecting on Ferguson, Rihanna and more
FATHERHOOD was tough for me in 2014, because there were moments in which it was impossible to laugh. There was the moment [...]
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Top 10 black fashion moments of 2014
10. Viola Davis’ Wig on Shonda Rhimes’ “How to Get Away with Murder” on ABC More people talked [...]
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