One Scoop or Two?
It’s a sunny morning on the corner of 23rd and Berks; kids are hurrying off to school trying desperately not to arrive late so that they will not be scolded by their teacher or miss walking with their friends, for some this is the highlight of their day. Others, however, arise the same morning perplexed [...]
A Milestone for T.M. Pierce
Apologies for posting this article a little late, I’ve been swamped with work, and try to post my articles that appear in the Vanguard when the actual paper comes out. I received a lot of good feedback on this small article from the folks at T.M. Pierce Elementary School, all I can say is that [...]
The man of the hour: Mr. Wade Jackson:From the NPM/PJ Archive
The very first article I did on Mr. Wade. The Man of the Hour: Mr. Wade Jackson By Peak Johnson It seems that everyone that I meet is more interesting than the next or has contributed to this community in some way, Ms. Shelli Pennick Howard, Ms. Denise Wade, Mr. Nasir, and Officer Gee. [...]
A Few Words from Mr. Wade Jackson:From the NPM/PJ Archive
Surprisingly enough, the article that I wrote about Mr. Wade in the last Vanguard, actually was well received by the public. I am always please to help an individual such as Mr. Wade to get his opinion and concerns out. As he requested, here is the second article I wrote about Mr. Wade in the North [...]
Understanding The Police :From the NPM/PJ Archives
On February 27, 2009, in a heated conversation about the issue of police deaths versus civilian deaths, the term “…punk ass cop” was mentioned in reference to the death of Officer Pawlowski. The young man who said this has a right to upset, [...]
The Future Change: From The NPM/PJ Archives
The idea of reposting some of my most highlighted articles that appeared in the North Philly Metropolis came to me when visiting the innovative thinker, Damon C. Williams website. I didn’t think I was able to this at first, but after fooling around with Quark [...]
Mr. Jackson
Not too long ago, two months ago to be exact, our dear Mayor of Philadelphia attempted to close down certain libraries throughout our city in order to save money. However, not everyone felt that he was doing the right thing even though he believed it to be the only choice he could make at [...]
Peak and the Vanguard
During the summer I had been eagerly waiting to join the Student Vanguard (Community College of Philadelphia’s newspaper). This was a chance to try something new for a change and perhapes have my writing read by a wider audience. The articles that were taken from the North Philly Metropolis I decided to send over or [...]
The end of an erra
I should have posted this a while ago and I have been meaning to, just had to find the correct way of saying certain things, and since Damon C. Williams who I met last summer has recently departed from the Philadelphia Daily News I thought now would be the perfect time to post this. Who [...]
Words of change from Mr. Wade Jackson
Mr. Wade and I first met when I was writer/editor for the North Philly Metropolis teen newspaper. Mr. Wade had come to my office in the summer of 2006 wanting his views and concerns about the city of Philadelphia heard. I agreed to interview Mr. Wade for what soon became a series of articles appearing [...]
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
