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Kelly: PHA Housing Choice Voucher Program is not closed
UPDATE: PHA has recently changed its website to say that the waitlist for the Housing Choice Voucher Program is closed. Until then, ...
15 years ago
Barnes Foundation moves to dismiss latest suit
The Barnes Foundation has filed a motion to dismiss the latest petition to reopen hearings on the foundation’s move from Merion, Pa ...
15 years ago
Pioneering journalist Thom Greer dies
Thom Greer, who became one of the first African-American journalists to run a major metropolitan newspaper, died today at the age of 69 i ...
15 years ago
Booker T. Washington; a controversial figure of greatness
Lindsay Turner is a winner of the “Achieving Greatness Through Choices” Black History essay contest at the Charles M. Finl ...
15 years ago
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise speech of 1895 (audio and text)
The text of Booker T. Washington’s 1895 speech in Atlanta Source: Am ...
15 years ago
Violence in Philly public schools a continuing problem
Over 4,500 violent incidents were reported in the Philadelphia school district last year, which means that over 25 acts of violence occur ...
15 years ago
Friend Rick Keckler says Rutledge mayor Scott Shields was enjoying himself during his last jump, the ...
15 years ago
It’s not all fun and games for amphibians like frogs and salamanders in New Jersey this time of year. ...
15 years ago
Health and wellness fair teaches youth about staying fit
Oteenie Wright III, an 11th-grader from Hope Charter School, classified himself as more of an observer than a participant at the Health a ...
15 years ago
Ramsey’s blunt response to gaffe impresses
Don’t go, Charles, don’t go. Word is that Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey might be headed to Chicago to become ...
15 years ago
Old rare documents in Chestnut Hill still have relevance today
Tucked away in Chestnut Hill, the Philadelphia Print Shop’s Don Cresswell shows us a world once forgotten… The ancient art of ma ...
15 years ago