My friend
This weekend, yesterday to be exact, I lost my best friend to cancer; she was my dog, but my friend nonetheless. My dog’s name was Ikea and she was only ten years old… I cannot write and say that I didn’t notice something was a little off with my companion. She was getting tired very [...]
Alex’s Lemonade
One of the things that make the summer season worthwhile for me, is having the chance to sell Alex’s Lemonade. A few years back I had the chance of meeting Alex’s father, Jay Scott, when dropping of a donation to the organization. He was so thankful that he gave me and those who had accompanied [...]
BET’s tribute to the King
I rarely watch BET, and after last nights award tribute to The King Of Pop I’m glad that I don’t. When arriving home yesterday evening, Jamie Foxx was on the downstairs television dressed in a red jacket much like the one Micheal wore in his “Thriller” video. Quickly I rushed upstais to my room [...]
Death of a King
It was in music class in elementary school where I first heard of Michael Jackson, and though I didn’t understand who the man was one thing was certain, he could dance better than anyone I had ever seen. My favorite, the moonwalk. So much in fact, that I would try to mimick it myself. Unlike most of [...]
The return of Outstanding Parenting…(yeah right)
This past Saturday I went to the Pearl theater to see the new movie, Watchmen. The Pearl is not my ideal theather because of their laxed rules, but who am I to know what you are or what you are not supposed to do at at a theather. Anyway, despite the reviews that were already circultating, [...]
Can we really trust our media?
Around last year was when I really started paying attention to the news or at least trying to stay up to date with what his happening in the world, so that I could ultimately write/blog and voice my concerns and opinions. Throughout the stations that promises to deliver the best on the spot news the [...]
Fallen Hero(es)
The incident involving olympic star Michael Phelps reminded me of an article I once wrote about another olympic star, Marion Jones. As it was stated within the article, Marion Jones was not just a role model but a symbol that African-American women can do anything that they put their minds to, with what has happened with [...]
Philadelphia:The City of Woes
The city of Philadelphia seems so…unhappy, I know there are a bunch of things to be unhappy about particularly in our city, but does anyone have the holiday spirit anymore or did it just go away with the many budget cuts that our mayor made last month? Despite the woes that we are in as [...]
My President, Your President
What a historical election, this one will surely go down in the history books. For the first time we have an African-American as President of the United States. This achievement is awe inspiring, heartfelt, joyous, and should truly makes everyone proud. Yes there are issues that need to be fixed rather quickly such as, the [...]
Another Violence Article (Unedited Version)
It seems readers that our desperate hope for a peaceful city, unfortunately, is still only a dream. Why? Because if I were to talk to your girlfriend or if I had mistakenly bumped into you while trying to make it to class on time, it is likely that I would get hurt, though not with [...]
News from today’s Inky- Patients, hospitals wrestle over tumor tissueAll Niki Perry wanted was pieces of her own brain, and she got angrier by the day as she tried to get them. […]
- Merchantville has a proposal for Cherry HillSome liken it to two people dating. There's a courting period to get to know each other before anyone pops the question. […]
- Floyd, Warner convicted of first-degree murder in Liczbinski's killingNeither Eric DeShann Floyd nor Levon T. Warner fired a shot the day Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski had his fatal encounter with a trio of fleeing bank robbers. But a jury on Wednesday ruled that Floyd, the driver of the getaway car, and Warner, a passenger, were as culpable as triggerman Howard Cain, 33, who was killed by police after Liczbinski […]
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- Phil Goldsmith: Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Philadelphia taxpayers' financial plightTHIS MONTH, School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman has been bringing in high-priced administrators and shuffling her administrative team more than Charlie Manuel has changed the Phillies' injury-plagued lineup. But the district says not to worry: These changes are "budget-neutral." […]
- Domonic Brown lives up to hype in Phillies debutThe Phillies called him up to the big leagues yesterday after just 28 games at Triple A, and they felt comfortable enough in his ability to hit him sixth in a lineup that was riding a six-game winning streak. […]
- Sources: On-duty cop caught on video stealing from Pat's CafePat's Cafe, a tiny corner bar in the Lower Northeast, is regarded as something of a sacred space by local residents and men and women in blue. […]
- Phil Goldsmith: Ackerman and SRC tone-deaf to Philadelphia taxpayers' financial plight
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- Notes from the news, July 29Vietnamese parent sues district, saying she was attacked at S. Philadelphia High The Inquirer The alleged attack occurred in January 2009, before LaGreta Brown was principal, but Brown and the District are charged with failing to protect the civil rights of Asian students. See also: Mother of Asian student files suit for January attack at South Philadelphia […]
- 'Waiting for Superman': Help or menace"Waiting for 'Superman'," this year's highly touted education documentary, had a preview screening in Philadelphia Tuesday night, and its producer, Lesley Chilcott, clearly hopes it can have as big an impact on US schools as her previous collaboration with director Davis Guggenheim on "An Inconvenient Truth" had on awarenes […]
- Race to the Top 1, teachers' jobs 0?While the announcement of the finalists of Race to the Top's second round takes up major education headlines this week, $10 billion of emergency aid to save teachers' jobs died quietly in the US Senate. read more […]
- Notes from the news, July 29
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- E-3In the world of gaming there are many things that fill us with uncontrollable squealing schoolgirl like glee. For example earning the highscore in a game that has been under ownership for the past three years, but for some reason there is over two decades of calculated hours logged into it. Another Justin Beamer CD […]
- Heroes on PatrolWho would have ever thought… […]
- Wait, Cole has hair????Infamous is a fun game if you like the action adventure type, I played it after finishing Batman:Arkam Asylum. The only thing though is that if you've seen a 'Karma' system once then you've seen it hundreds of times. […]
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- Mighty Quote of the Day“If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that by reading, just as I did when I was young.” —Maya Angelou […]
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- the ADA twenty years on: still fighting for home careTuesday was the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA is another product of 1960s and 70s movement building (an oral history and archive is fittingly hosted by UC Berkeley). There's too much history to telescope into a short post, but the dimensions of what the movement was fighting against are shown in a few examples. Thro […]jennifer
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Files Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo for Reverse Redlining Philadelphia's NeighborhoodsIn case you have not seen it, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) has filed suit against Wells Fargo Bank. The PHRC, which is responsible for enforcing Pennsylvania's anti-discrimination laws, has alleged that Wells Fargo systematically 'reverse redlined' Philadelphia neighborhoods, by concentrating expensive, abusive loans in P […]Dan U-A
- Women's Empowerment Film Festival August 7thWOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY ITVS, WHYY and the Leeway Foundation in partnership with the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians and the Women's Medical Fund. Escape the heat, grab your friends and family, and join us for an air-conditioned afternoon of award-winning films! All screening […]philly_communitycinema
- The Philadelphia Democratic Party is worse than I realizedI haven’t posted on YPP for a while because I’ve been doing a blog about Women and Retirement at http://www.the-next-stage.com/ However, I find my self increasingly writing about politics rather than focusing on retirement issues. It’s become clear to me that one of the main reasons I retired was to be able to devote more time to my activist projects. My job […]kbojar
- State tells child services provider to compensate familiesPhiladelphia preschoolers with a disability have — for more than a year — been shut out of critical services by a private agency hired by the state to deliver those services. Now the state has stepped in — thanks to a complaint filed by the Education Law Center and Disability Rights Network — and issued a directive to the agency: Compensate these families im […]bschaeffer
- the ADA twenty years on: still fighting for home care
