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Mass incarceration: the new Jim Crow?
My Martin Luther King Day interview on Fresh Air today is with legal scholar Michelle Alexander, whose book has a provocative thesis: tha ...
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Camden gets opportunity for ‘renaissance schools’
Gov. Chris Christie visited a school in Camden yesterday to sign legislation aimed at giving students in some of New Jersey’s fail ...
14 years ago
Gary Oldman, and some politics are really local
I mentioned earlier in the week that I’d be interviewing actor Gary Oldman for Fresh Air. The time has arrived, and I have to ...
14 years ago
IBM, Philly continue efforts to help job seekers
After a few months away, experts from IBM are reporting back to Philadelphia officials on how to get more people into the workforce. ...
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New Philly law bans job application question on criminal past
Job applicants with criminal records will now have one fewer obstacle to getting a job in Philadelphia. The “ban the box” la ...
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Republican firebrand John Featherman has set his sights on U.S. Rep. Bob ...
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Governor Corbett, it’s your job to save the public schools in Chester, Pennsylvania!
The Chester Upland School District, which serves Chester City, Upland, and Chester Township in southeastern Pennsylvania is in crisis. T ...
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Casey, Toomey join in effort to bring Shell plant to Pa.
Pennsylvania could become home to a gas refinery plant that would bring jobs and business investment. The state’s U.S. senat ...
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Environmental panel shakeup irritates N.J. activists
Environmental groups in New Jersey are expressing concerns about the shakeup in the leadership of one Assembly committee. Two mont ...
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N.J. county tracks ‘unusual’ number of whooping cough cases
Health officials are investigating an unusual number of whooping cough cases in New Jersey’s Hunterdon County. In recent years, how ...
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There’s a name about to explode out of the world of sports.He’s been called the most hyped amateur athlete since LeBron James ...
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