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In Philadelphia, the new year started much like the old one ended. Between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning there were more than a dozen reported shootings and six murders. For residents of the 14th and 39th Districts, this was nothing new. Both districts are among the city’s top ten for violent crimes. Last week, as [...]
If you love Philadelphia, you hate Arlene Ackerman. It’s difficult to imagine a more despised figure in recent city history than former School Superintendent Ackerman, who has bilked Philly school kids of millions since she landed her half-million-a-year job with the School District. At the height of the controversy over former dog-killer Michael Vick being [...]
CAN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BE SAVED? by Victoria A. Brownworth The November election can’t come soon enough for me. It will end what has been one of the worst, most damaging plagues on my neighborhood of lower Germantown–the reign of Donna Reed Miller in City Council. We’ve withstood a lot down here in the no man’s [...]
Imagine your child’s school without teachers, aides, counselors, nurses and custodians. Imagine your child in a classroom with 33 other students and no teacher’s aide. Imagine your child without an early education. Or an art or music education. Or sports. Imagine your child needs summer school–either because he or she is behind [...]
