The problem of young Black males and gun violence is beyond epidemic proportions — not just in Philadelphia, but in African American communities across the nation. But Philadelphia does have one aspect of the issue…
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Fifty-Ninth St. Baptist to vote on Barnes’ fate Abraham Lincoln, paraphrasing the Gospel of Mark, said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” This is a fate many parishioners of the splintered Fifty-Ninth Street…
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Philadelphia homicide detectives said that a suspect wanted for the murder of a North Philadelphia man last month has turned himself in to police. On Monday, March 5, Maurice Jones, 27, of the 5300 block…
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Over howls of protest from the city’s union employees, Mayor Michael Nutter unveiled his $3.6 billion budget Thursday at City Council — a budget that did not include raises for the city’s unionized workers, but…
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Beautification efforts inspire cooperation There is a distinct correlation between grime and crime, and two longtime community activists plan to confront both issues with two separate events this weekend. Men United for a Better…
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HARRISBURG — A ban on texting behind the wheel took effect Thursday in Pennsylvania, giving chronic texters one more reason to keep their hands on the wheel and off the keypad. The new law carries…
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