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By Danaé Reid Food services like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, and EveryPlate have stormed the nation due to the ease that it creates around meal prepping, cooking, and grocery shopping in general. I’d been hearing about the services for years. Curious to know how efficient they could really be and desperate to find a means…

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On September 26, 2021, Philadelphia achieved yet another dubious distinction. The city officially surpassed 400 murders, a 16% jump from this time last year according to the Philadelphia Police crime statistics website. By the end of 2020, Philadelphia had 499 murders and is on target to surpass those numbers if we do not have a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Charles Whiting (Photo courtesy: Charles Whiting) I recently had the pleasure to sit down with Mr. Charles Whiting, an outstanding and profound man of character and poise who continues to help to make change in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia and Montgomery County. Whiting shared compelling stories on how the Boy Scouts of America…

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By Danaé Reid October 4th, 2021, Facebook and all companies under the Facebook umbrella lost connection to its servers and were said to possibly be gone forever. As always media outlets — both verified and not — immediately began speculating about the cause of the outage and reported that the breach was due to a…

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By Danaé Reid Summer has officially left the building, and if you’re anything like me, the fact that fall is finally here is exciting! The cooler weather, seasonal goodies, turtlenecks, the leaves changing colors and the fall activities are completely unparalleled. And even though we’re only a few days into the Autumnal Equinox, the “bucket…

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On September 26, 2021, Philadelphia achieved yet another dubious distinction. The city officially surpassed 400 murders, a 16% jump from this time last year according to the Philadelphia Police crime statistics website. By the end of 2020, Philadelphia had 499 murders and is on target to surpass those numbers if we do not have a…

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As I woke up one morning, I noticed that the skin on my hands was getting dry and my lips were starting to dry out a little bit as well.  Then I realized the seasons are changing.  I also noticed that during my daily walk , I decided to cut it short, because that day,…

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I was sitting in a meeting some weeks ago and gently explaining a position that I had when I was suddenly cut short by one of my peers. It seems he believed that I was wrong, not entitled to my opinion, and was defiant in wanting to shut me down, because he erroneously thought I…

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By Danaé Reid Sometimes the storms of life come with a forewarning, and other times it catches you off guard, and sometimes it’s simultaneous.  Last week I found myself in a storm that was much bigger than me — so big that I felt I couldn’t handle it. Generally, I’m one of the most positive…

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By Philadelphia City Commissioner Omar Sabir Philadelphia’s elections are simple, safe, and secure, a fact that has been proven and confirmed by every credible measure. As elected officials, it is our sworn duty to protect the institutions of our democracy and ensure the American people and, in this instance, American voters, are adequately served by those…

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