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Articles by Philadelphia Sun Staff

Horrors of slavery at center of Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’

September 17, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Janelle Monae in a scene from “Antebellum.” (Matt Kennedy/Lionsgate via AP) By John Carucci ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Janelle Monae says she “felt so much rage and anger” when she stepped onto a former slave plantation for the first time to film the psychological thriller “Antebellum.” In the movie, set for…

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Japan celebrates Osaka; Sponsors cautious about activism

September 17, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the women’s singles final of the US Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) By Yuri Kageyama and Stephen Wade associated press TOKYO — Japan is celebrating Naomi Osaka’s victory…

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SUNscopes for the week of September 20

September 17, 2020

All Signs: I believe that in the next few months, we will discover information and data that has been withheld. There will be surprise about this new information that comes to light. Meanwhile, this is also a time when many of us might doubt something, especially our abilities. Doubt is not your friend. It creates…

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SUNrise: cj speaks… At Times Wondering, Where Am I Living?

September 16, 2020

By cj Waking up, day after day to news that breaks hearts and causes tears to fall from eyes that are weary, not knowing what may happen next.  The minds that are overwhelmed with what is going on all around them in their environment.  The very same environment that you sleep in today, you may…

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Equity/Equality — Serious?

September 16, 2020

By George Burrell Systemic and institutional racism and its associated privileges are cancers that kill Blacks across the economic spectrum and provide advantages, which are monetized by privileged beneficiaries.  At this American tipping point, the character, courage and inclusive response of Philadelphia’s Black and white leaders will be recorded and judged by history. A damning…

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Eagles lose in DC to a team with no name

September 14, 2020

The Philadelphia Eagles scored 17 points against the team formerly known as the Washington Redskins in the first half. Then, it stopped. By Chris Murray For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN LANDOVER, Md.—In the first half of the Philadelphia Eagles season–opener against the Washington Football Team, they jumped out to a 17-0 lead on a pair…

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Rachael Leigh Cook stars in Netflix’s new rom-com, “Love, Guaranteed”

September 11, 2020

By Kharisma McIlwaine From “Babysitter’s Club” to “She’s All That”, Rachael Leigh Cook is no stranger to beloved characters. A self-proclaimed huge fan of the rom-com genre, Cook stars in Netflix’s “Love, Guaranteed”. Written by Hilary Galanoy and Elizabeth Hackett and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, “Love, Guaranteed” tells the story of Susan, a struggling…

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America’s endangered citizen — the African American male

September 11, 2020

By Jim Brown No matter what we do, the question in America remains:, why are Black men continually preyed upon? “The problem with racism is that the people of the ethnic group that oppress the other often will deny that it exists,” Dr. Harry Edwards, a noted sociologist and consultant for the San Francisco 49ers…

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Housing advocates prep for worst-case scenario on evictions

September 10, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Community organizer Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture, with the Black Alliance for Peace and the Philadelphia Tenants Union, speaks as organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation hold a speak-out and teach-in, in Mifflin Square Park, in South Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania moratorium on eviction actions expired Monday, Aug. 31, clearing the way for nearly 1,800…

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House OKs changes to mail-in voting law; veto threatened

September 10, 2020

By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS  HARRISBURG, Pa.  — In the shadow of an increasingly strident presidential campaign, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved changes to the state’s fledgling mail-in voting law last Wednesday, but in highly partisan fashion. The Republican-penned bill passed, 112-90, on a near party-line vote in the battleground state where President Donald Trump’s…

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