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by Annette John-Hall onJuly 28, 2011
Annette John-Hall, in her Philadelphia Inquirer column, pays tribute to workers who are helping to steer youths away from life on the streets.
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May 16, 2011
Not cooperating with the police is standard in too many communities -- but there are exceptions, say researchers who spent three years talking with kids in Philadelphia's toughest neighborhoods.
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January 24, 2011
What makes you fabulous? Nearly 200 women came out on Jan. 13 to The Root's Young, Fabulous and Female event in Philadelphia to explore that question and network over cocktails.
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by Salamishah Tillet onJanuary 19, 2011
A new Philadelphia museum, the President's House, dramatically illustrates how the nation's first president tried to thwart his slave's quest for freedom. But Oney Judge prevailed.
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January 18, 2011
What happens when you gather nearly 200 focused and savvy women -- some famous, others striving -- to talk career goals and life dreams, followed by networking over cocktails? How about The Root's recent Young, Fabulous and Female event in Philadelphia, moderated by Jacque Reid?
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July 9, 2010
It's in everyone’s best interests to find out why, after having a blackjack outside a polling place and calling people “crackers," the Justice's sole movement against King Samir Shabazz was an injunction barring him from having a weapon within 100 feet of a polling place.
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July 6, 2010
The Justice Department’s dismissal of voter-intimidation charges against members of Philadelphia’s New Black Panther Party, a decision at the center of testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Tuesday, is one in which every American -- particularly ones of color -- should be interested.
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September 14, 2009
The City of Brotherly Love may close all of its libraries. WTF?
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July 13, 2009
The Philadelphia swim club that initial had "complexion" concerns invites the youngsters back (in the hope they don't get sued)...
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July 9, 2009
Come on, kicking black kids out of the pool? The Valley Swim Club should be set on fire and burned down. What? Plagues were once obliterated by fire. Why not now?
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