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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rev. Al Sharpton, Jennifer Jones Austin and Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson. (Photo courtesy: Arlene Edmonds) By Arlene Edmonds Correspondent Makeba Green is a Millennial who believes in the National Action Network’s motto of “No Justice, No Peace.” So, it wasn’t surprising that Green, a student at Montclair State University, was volunteering at NAN’s…

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The City of Philadelphia last Monday filed a federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  The City’s Complaint asserts that Wells Fargo has engaged in discriminatory lending practices that target minority borrowers. On May 1, 2017, the United States Supreme Court held that cities are…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Dwayne Woodruff , Ellen Ceisler, Mark Cohen, Carolyn H. Nichols, Lucretia Clemons, and Deborah Canty. By Amy V. Simmons In an election where the issue of law and order dominated, several local and statewide judicial slots for the general election were filled during Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Primary. In the statewide judicial races, 12 candidates for…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Newly elected Democratic District Attorney nominee Larry Krasner speaks with the press.  (Photo: Solomon Williams) While District Attorney candidate Larry Krasner’s Democratic Primary win might be the most talked about, Rebecca Rhynhart’s victory over incumbent Alan Butkovitz is the most surprising. By Denise Clay By the end of Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Primary, Philadelphia’s political…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Beth Grossman Beth Grossman knows that on paper she’s got an uphill battle to the District Attorney’s office.  But if Philadelphians get to know her, she believes that they’ll like what they see. By Denise Clay Here’s a political fact about the City of Philadelphia that you probably already knew: Democrats hold a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Charles L. Blockson addresses crowds in front of one of his unveiled portraits. (Photo: Bill Z. Foster) Portrait unveiling presented at the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection on May 10 Charles L. Blockson, a prominent African American historian, scholar, and author with deep roots in the Philadelphia region, has been awarded the coveted…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the Amtrak engineer involved in the fatal May 2015 crash in Philadelphia (all times local): 11:30 p.m. An Amtrak engineer involved in a fatal train crash two years ago in Philadelphia has been arraigned on charges including causing a catastrophe and involuntary manslaughter. Authorities say Brandon Bostian was arraigned…

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From the Philadelphia Business Journal It was, as Dan Killinger described with a dash of irony, another one of those “worst kept secrets” in Philadelphia. Killinger was joking about Wawa Inc. leasing space at East Market, a mixed-use project that National Real Estate Development along with several partners are developing on the former Girard Square…

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Krasner, Rhyhnart win primaries in upset By Marissa Peters Civil rights attorney Larry Krasner and Rebecca Rhynhart won their perspective races in the Philadelphia primaries Tuesday night to become the Democratic nominee. Krasner, a Democratic progressive candidate, beat seven opponents running for District Attorney of Philadelphia winning 38% of the vote.  The race drew national…

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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (CBS) — A Phoenixville-based charter bus carrying nearly 30 students from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., for a field trip was involved in an accident in Maryland that injured over two dozen people. Family members of I-95 Havre de Grace bus crash patients can call the school district at 215-400-5858 or the…

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