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ABOVE PHOTO: City Commissioner candidates pictured from left: Marwan Kreidie, Luigi Borda, Khalil Williams, Lisa Deeley, Dennis Lee, Moira Bohannon, Jen Devor and Omar Sabir. (Photo courtesy: Amy V. Simmons) By Amy V. Simmons The League of Women Voters and the Penn Democrats organization hosted a City Commissioner Candidate Forum on April 23 at The…

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Dear Muva, How do you forgive your parents for things that affected you in your childhood? I was abused by a family member and my mother chose to protect that family member. I can’t get past it. Help! Signed: Traumatized Dear Traumatized, Muva has had your question for a while now, and wanted to be…

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ABOVE FOSTER: Former VP Joe Biden speaking at Drexel University in 2016. 📷Bill Z. Foster By Marc Levy HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election’s toughest battleground. Biden’s planned speech to an…

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📷Brother and sister Jacilla and James Henderson work on their pitch board with their mother, Jessica Henderson, at The Business Center’s Youth & Money Summer Enrichment Entrepreneurship Programs open house. Credit: Monica Peters By Monica Peters The Business Center (TBC) held its Youth & Money Summer Enrichment Entrepreneurship Programs open house on Wednesday at the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Tracey Taylor, Owner/Administrator, Taylor’s Personal Care Home in North Philadelphia, with one of her residents. By Thera Martin  According to the Homeguide.com website, it costs, on average, $40 per day to board a dog. The larger the dog, the higher the costs,  which can run as high as $85 per day.  And according…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Tonya Moody By Amy V. Simmons Keystone First VIP Choice is a dual eligible special needs plan (or D-SNP) which focuses on individuals who are considered to be low-income, below the poverty level, as well as over the age of 65. The program — instituted on January 1, 2013 — also serves individuals…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The PABJ Democratic Mayoral Forum at Community College of Philadelphia. (Photo: K-Len Anderson) The hour-long match of wills, egos and agendas was the first such event held during this primary season. By Amy V. Simmons The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists’ (PABJ) hosted a Democratic primary mayoral forum on Monday, April 22 in…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers removed a statue of late singer Kate Smith outside NHL team’s arena Sunday, two days after covering it amid allegations of racism against the 1930s star with a popular recording of “God Bless America.” “The NHL principle ‘Hockey is for Everyone’ is at the heart of everything the Flyers…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 5th Annual Concordia Summit Oct. 1 in New York. Biden decided not to campaign for the presidency in 2016, with not enough time to ‘mount a winning campaign..’  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) By JULIE PACE, THOMAS BEAUMONT and MEG KINNARD WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe…

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The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists’ (PABJ) presents a community-powered Democratic Primary Mayoral Forum on Monday, April 22 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 pm in the Bonnell Auditorium of Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), which is entered from 17th Street, just south of Spring Garden St.  With roughly a quarter…

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