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In this file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (Bradley C Bower/AP Photo)
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Finding true social security while waiting at Two Penn Center

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As a formerly incarcerated individual, I am determined to write the narrative instead of letting someone else write it about me.

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Flags fly over crosses at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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As a Mexican immigrant, the El Paso shooting scared me, but I won’t be silent

The mass shootings in El Paso and Gilroy have horrified me. I won’t allow my fear to silence me. Instead, I will use it to resist and fight against white supremacy.

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Como inmigrante ​de​ ​Méxic​o​, El Paso me asustó, pero no permitiré​ que me ​​silencie

Los asesinatos en El Paso y Gilroy me han horrorizado. Pero no permitiré que mi miedo me silencie, lo utilice para resistir y luchar contra la supremacía blanca.

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Camden mayor, Frank Moran, offers remarks at a community rally held in Camden to create a safer environment for children on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
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Camden Mayor: City can’t afford to go back to the days before tax breaks

An op-ed from Camden Mayor Frank Moran says the city can’t afford to go back to the days before tax breaks brought new businesses.

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Mother Nature loves to give and gives generously. Anything that she's given, though, she’ll manage to get back later.

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Youth in Pa. residential institutions unsafe, disconnected, denied quality education

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