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Community

Philabundance teams ups with elected leaders to offer meals during Ramadan

The food giveaway is tied to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the breaking of fast each night and sharing food with those in need.

4 years ago

File photo: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Madeleine Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies

President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.

4 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press about the war in Ukraine, at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 17, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
Politics & Policy

U.S. finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration has made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris appears in front of a mic at a press conference
Politics & Policy

U.S. plan aims to end racial, ethnic bias in home appraisals

The plan contains 21 steps to improve oversight and accountability, including a legislative proposal to modernize the governance structure of the appraisal industry.

4 years ago

A headshot of Dr. Sharrelle Barber
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Drexel’s Ubuntu Center launches teach-in series on health equity

The Ubuntu Center aims to bridge connections between scholars, residents, and advocates about entrenched inequities created by racism and other systems of oppression.

4 years ago

Michelle Chester prepares a vial of the Moderna COVID-19
Health

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6

Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaking in the East Room
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Biden embarks Wednesday on a four-day trip that will test his ability to navigate the continent’s worst crisis since WWII ended in 1945.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian firefighter sprays water inside a house destroyed by bombing in Kyiv
Community

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

As Wednesday marks four full weeks of fighting, Russia is bogged down in a grinding military campaign, with untold numbers of dead and no immediate end in sight.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Courts & Law

Jackson seems headed for confirmation despite GOP darts

She declared at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she would rule “without any agendas” if approved as the high court’s first Black female justice.

4 years ago

In August 2019, hundreds of supporters rallied outside 1515 Arch St before the Zoning Board Adjustment to protest Streamline's proposal to tear down Hoa Binh Plaza. (Photo courtesy of VietLead)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia made it possible for community shopping centers like Hoa Binh Plaza to be erased

For three years, VietLead has been advocating to save Hoa Binh Plaza from demolition. Residents can weigh in on the proposal on March 23.

4 years ago

ChristianaCare Primary Care at Jennersville. (Google Maps)
Health

ChristianaCare to take over two Tower Health primary care practices in Chesco

The Chester County practices were once affiliated with Tower Health, owner of the now-shuttered Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Politics & Policy

What’s behind GOP gov candidates’ ‘bizarre’ new demand to keep debates insular

Four of the 10 Republican gubernatorial candidates in Pa. laid out exacting joint criteria for participating in primary election debates.

4 years ago

Final Four flag fly over the headquarter of the NCAA in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Courts & Law

Top colleges accused of violating Black athletes’ rights

NCAA Division I schools are accused of violating the civil rights of Black basketball and major college football players by prohibiting compensation.

4 years ago

Disney cast member Nicholas Maldonado protests his company's stance on LGBTQ issues, while participating in an employee walkout at Walt Disney World, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Politics & Policy

Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest

Throughout Tuesday, pockets of employees staged demonstrations at various sites across the country.

4 years ago

Princeton forward Ellie Mitchell (00) and Indiana forward Aleksa Gulbe (10) reach for the ball as they go for a long rebound in the second half of a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Bloomington, Ind., Monday, March 21, 2022. Indiana defeated Princeton 56-55. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Education

‘Disappointed, but proud’: Princeton celebrates women’s basketball team after loss in tournament

Though the season ended in a loss to Indiana in the second round, Princeton is celebrating what the women’s basketball team accomplished after a year off.

4 years ago

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