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Changing the portrayal of Kensington, some residents say, starts with amplifying the positive work being done to uplift communities — "something we can all be proud of.”
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New pro-Palestinian encampment pops up in Clark Park in West Philly
Early Thursday morning, police gave pro-Palestinian protesters on Drexel University's campus a warning to disband, and the protesters cleared that encampment.
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Rutgers president to testify before Congress on campus protests
Thursday’s hearing expands the scope of the committee’s inquiry for the first time to large, public universities, which are more strictly governed by the First Amendment.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters at Drexel leave encampment as police arrive
Protesters were given a warning from Drexel police before the PPD moved in.
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Memorial Day weekend, Philadelphia Tango Festival and Africa Day in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
May 23–26: Memorial Day in Philly, Hozier in New Jersey and George Clinton in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30Leveling up: University of Delaware graduates its first class of gaming majors
Game studies program students chose from three different concentrations: game design and development; game industry and sport management; and games, culture and society.
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Drexel returning to normal operations Thursday amid pro-Palestinian campus protest
President John Fry has repeatedly called on protesters to disband since the encampment started Saturday night.
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Kensington teacher, student go viral for ‘veggie dance’ battle
A second-grader and his teacher at Deep Roots Charter School have won the hearts of the internet — a video of their dance battle has nearly 20 million views on TikTok.
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Delaware, Tennessee to become first states to offer free diapers for Medicaid families
A Delaware pilot program that provides free diapers and wipes to postpartum parents for the first three months after giving birth will be extended.
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City Council advances bill to make Philly’s Eviction Diversion Program permanent
The heralded program is scheduled to expire at the end of June if the measure doesn’t become law.
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Listen 1:00Debate over Fairmount treatment center draws unhappy neighbors to City Council hearing
The hearing centered on a bill that would prevent the city from entering into a lease on a Fairmount building that residents don’t want being used as a treatment facility.
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Beth Stroud was defrocked in 2004, but less than three weeks after the United Methodist Church repealed its anti-LGBTQ bans, she has been reinstated as pastor.
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Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in Pennsylvania’s juvenile facilities
Some attacks were reported to other staffers and were ignored or met with disbelief.
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Sen. Cory Booker questions U.S. prison labor policies, calls for change
While most incarcerated workers today help maintain correctional facilities, others are leased out to private companies or take part in work-release programs.
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2 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester
DA Stollsteimer described the incident as a “workplace shooting” where an employee “took out his anger.”
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