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It’s all about the training; veterans take to the soil and learn to farm

Veteran training covers may aspects once military service is over.  But farming? 44 percent of the men and women who enlist c ...

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Veterans reflect on their service during day out at The Adventure Aquarium

What’s the worst question you can ask a veteran? “Did you kill anybody?” As part of the Veterans Coming Home pro ...

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Cinema Paradiso: Ralph Hirshorn Shares His Love of Film With Chestnut Hill, 19118

Ralph S. Hirshorn is sitting in his personal movie theater and laughing about Purple Rain. The septuagenarian resident of ...

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Gabriela Sanchez in the role of a soldier that has been sexually assaulted in the military in the play 'She Wore Those Boots' by Erlina Ortiz (Photo courtesy of Power Street Theater Company)

‘She Wore Those Boots’ confronts military sexual assault, on base and in the family

In a small theater at the edge of Northern Liberties, a play is taking on sexual assault in the military. On stage a mother, her g ...

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Camden Pop-Warner team adds girl-power to the lineup

This fall, second grader Janiyah Hill–who regularly goes toe-to-toe at home with her ten-year old brother Izayah, a ...

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Feds say New Jersey may have to pay back $43 million in Superstorm Sandy aid

The troubled rollout three years ago of a Hurricane Sandy rebuilding aid program continues to dog Gov. Chris Christie, with auditors and ...

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Gas drillers need to work with our communities, not against them

I was disappointed to hear that the Marcellus Shale Coalition is already ...

9 years ago

The Fairmount Park Conservancy holds its annual fundraiser at the Palazzo on the Parkway, the former Boy Scout headquarters that fell into the city's hands because the scouts refused to admit gays. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
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Palazzo on the Parkway has a coming out party

The former Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council headquarters on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway was host to the Fairmount Park C ...

9 years ago

 An airplane is shown at JFK International Airport in New York City. Fatemeh Mohammadi shares a story about how much her life changed starting with the day she and her family landed in the United States. (<a href='http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-806670/stock-photo-airplane-before-new-york-skyline'>Big Stock Photo</a>)
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Refugees remember forging new lives in Philadelphia

According to the Children’s Advocacy Project of Philadelphia, there are over 130,000 immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia. Their ...

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Refugee elders support each other after a long, difficult journey

Naw Gay Lay is a 77-year-old Burmese refugee living in South Philadelphia. When she reached her mid-30s, her whole village had to flee military insurgents.

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A tangled path from Khmer Rouge refugee to community healer

Imagine for a moment your childhood memories included living in a bomb shelter for years, watching your 2-year-old sister die in your arms.

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Activists representing Philly Black Lives Matter, the Black and Brown Workers Collective, and the Coaliton for REAL Justice made statements on the alleged racism in Philadelphia's Gayborhood. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
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Divisiveness in queer spaces undermines work of change-makers on front lines

Recently, I was honored to receive the Charlene J. Arcila Lifetime Achievement Award from GALAEI, a ...

9 years ago

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Do worry, be happy

Do you worry a lot? Always think about the worst case scenario? New research finds that that may actu ...

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End-of-life letters

Some doctors and nurses who care for people at the end of life are encouraging their patients to write letters to their loved ones while ...

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Why Gayborhood racism isn’t just on Darryl DePiano

After the video of club owner Darryl DePiano using the n-word surfaced, he has become the de facto example of Gayborhood racism, ...

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