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By G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young It’s been a long 40 years! Not since 1976 has Pennsylvania really mattered in a presidential primary for either major party. This irrelevance has not been caused by competing presidential candidates simply snubbing state voters – nor from any decline in the state’s political clout. Rather it…

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ABOVE PHOTO: R. Seth Williams   The Legal Intelligencer has named Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams as one of their 2015 Diverse Attorneys of the Year for being fair, steadfast and willing to prosecute difficult cases. “The Legal Intelligencer’s Diverse Attorneys of the Year Awards and dinner are intended to highlight and celebrate the…

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This month, 10 Philadelphians: Joel Austin, Mont Brown, Otis Bullock, Nehemiah Davis, Marvin Dutton, Tracey Fisher, Malcolm Kenyatta, Sulaiman Rahman, Wayne Rucker and Eric Worley received $100,000 of the more than $400,000 given directly to 43 black fathers, nonprofit leaders and businessmen in Akron, Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to help them build better communities…

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New policy makes clear that Council opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation VALLEY FORGE, PA–Last week, the Board of Directors of the Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America unanimously adopted a membership and employment standards policy that makes clear that the Scouting organization in the Philadelphia area imposes no membership or employment restrictions…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Deputy Sheriff Mike Terry (holding certificate) celebrates with Sheriff Jewell Williams, at his left, and Constance Wilson (Sergeant Robert Wilson’s grandmother) at his right and Shakira Burroughs (at Mrs. Wilson’s right), Sgt. Wilson’s sister.  (Photo: Philadelphia Sheriff’s Dept.)   Deputy Sheriff Mike Terry, with the support and help of Sheriff Jewell Williams, made…

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University City District (UCD) is excited to announce the return of the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll on Thursday, June 25 from 5:30 to 8:30PM. This is the 6th year University City has produced the event, and the 17th Stroll. University City’s Baltimore Avenue between 43rd and 51st Street will showcase its charm and businesses with…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Wynton Marsalis  (Jonathan Feinstein / Shutterstock.com) wyntonmarsalis.org Mayor Michael Nutter announced last week that Wynton Marsalis, the jazz and classical musician, composer, and arts advocate, is the recipient of the 2015 Marian Anderson Award. Marsalis, winner of a Grammy Award and a Pulitzer Prize, and honored with the National Medal of Arts, joins…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Louis Farrakhan Twenty years ago Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sent the largest number of black men to Washington DC, in response to the call from The Honorable Louis Farrakhan, to convene on the National Mall, on Monday, October 16,1995. Philadelphia also sent the largest contingent of medical technicians and supplies to assist the Nation of Islam…

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The Philadelphia Community of Leaders General Assembly scheduled for June 27th has been postponed until the Fall. Please stay connected with PCOL via Facebook, Twitter (@PhilaCOL) and Instagram (@PhilaCOL) for more details. The Emerging Leaders of the Philadelphia Community of Leaders present “What About Our Youth?” on  Saturday, June 20th from 1:00PM to 3:00PM at…

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By Kiarra Solomon @by_kiarra In Philadelphia, about 3,000 children go into foster care each year. There are about 14,000 children in foster care right now and despite all of the support that is often put in place for these children and their families, many of them will not return to their homes, or even to…

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