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Articles by Aaminah Rasheed

Last member of MOVE freed on parole in death of officer

February 14, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Chuck Sims Africa ASSOCIATED PRESS  PHILADELPHIA — The last jailed member of the radical group MOVE was released from prison Friday, according to an attorney who represented the members in their parole appeals. Brad Thomson, an attorney for Chuck Sims Africa, posted on Twitter that the man had been released from a Pennsylvania…

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Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful shares results of Litter cost study comprising data from nine cities across Pennsylvania

February 14, 2020

Study shows cities spend millions annually addressing litter and illegal dumping GREENSBURG, PA. – In 2019, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful commissioned Burns & McDonnell to document how much it costs nine Pennsylvania cities, varying in size and location across the Commonwealth, to manage litter and illegal dumping. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful released results to the public on…

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Pennsylvania’s big higher education problem gets a spotlight

February 14, 2020

By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS  HARRISBURG, Pa.  — Gov . Tom Wolf’s proposal to start a major new scholarship program for students at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities caused a stir over his idea to divert the money from a sacred cow, but it also spotlit an uncomfortable truth about Pennsylvania’s ragged performance on higher education funding….

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78

February 14, 2020

By Mogomotsi Magome ASSOCIATED PRESS  JOHANNESBURG  — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the group and the government announced Tuesday. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family told local media. He was globally known for his…

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Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa

February 14, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – In this Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, gesture as Mandela walks free from the Victor Verster Prison in Paarl, Cape Town, South Africa after serving 27 years in prison. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 marks the 30 year anniversary of the release of the former…

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Black History Month and telling the (whole) story

February 14, 2020

By Paul Robeson Ford  baptistnews.com At least we get an extra day this year. Thanks to Leap Year, this month that has been officially designated for celebrating Black history will extend to 29 days, instead of the usual 28. I suppose that should be some consolation to those of us who lament the compartmentalization of…

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New Philadelphia police chief starts amid surge in homicides

February 14, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia police commissioner Danielle Outlaw (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The new commissioner of the nation’s fourth-largest city police force started work on Monday amid a surge in homicides and calls for action to address ongoing allegations of racism and gender discrimination. Danielle Outlaw, the former police chief of Portland, Oregon, was…

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Smollett case revives questions on Laquan McDonald, justice

February 14, 2020

ABOVE PHOTO: Actor Jussie Smollett talks to the media before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) By Don Babwin ASSOCIATED PRESS  CHICAGO — When a grand jury revived the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the indictment for many people called to mind two…

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A Millennial Voice: 2020 Vision

February 14, 2020

By Danae Reid The year 1996 marks the beginning of my physical existence as I am in this universe, but I’d venture to say that my life as it is today began nearly a decade later in 2005.  I was in Mr. Sergio’s third grade class one day when my fellow classmates and I had…

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