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The play’s the thing to spark a dialogue
This just in: It’s hard to talk about race. But a hopeful update: It can be done. Particularly when you get an assist fro ...
15 years ago
Beat poet uses ballpoints, not drum machines
Julius Wright is taking hip-hop down to its bones. The South Philadelphian, calling himself the Lyrical God, uses ballpoint pens to bang ...
15 years ago
Coping with Haiti’s long-term post-quake problems
Last year’s Haitian earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless. A hurricane, a cholera epidem ...
15 years ago
Fundraiser brings in nearly $3,000 for community greening
Volunteers from East Falls, Manayunk, Roxborough, Shawmont and Lower Merion all gathered at Bourbon Blue in Manayunk on Saturday night fo ...
15 years ago
Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV
In the end, there could be only one. Turnovers and great defense propelled Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers to a 31-25 Supe ...
15 years ago
Churches promote black HIV awareness
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day draws awareness to the African American community which is disproportionately affected by the ...
15 years ago
Councilman Jones announces re-election bid
Fourth District Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. announced his campaign for re-election yesterday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on City Avenue in ...
15 years ago
Car flips over guardrail on Schuylkill Expressway
An early-morning incident might have been a lot worse if not for some fortunately placed trees. ...
15 years ago
Breast-feeding gets support from hospitals
Several hospitals across the region are making changes to help new parents choose breast-feeding and stick with it. ...
15 years ago
Black business community in New Jersey ‘growing by leaps and bounds’
Amid the massive layoffs in Camden and questions about the struggling gaming industry, New Jersey does have some promising news to report ...
15 years ago