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How Public Banking Could Make Black Lives Matter

Aug 07, 2020 08:00AM ● By Rickey Gard Diamond, Ms.

Today, white families have thirteen times the wealth of Black ones—a gap that persists at every educational level. Black household’s average net wealth is $11,000, compared to a white household average of $141,900. How did this happen?

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Pennsylvania Rep. Joanna McClinton Demonstrates Leadership During COVID-19

Aug 06, 2020 04:54PM ● By Nana Ama Addo

As Pennsylvania grapples with a new reality, we honor the work leaders in our community are doing to march citizens into brighter circumstances despite COVID-19. One of these leaders is Pennsylvania State Representative Joanna McClinton, serving the 191st district.

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Good Trouble; Remembering Hon. John Lewis

Jul 19, 2020 06:25PM

By Oga AfricaJohn Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader, author, orator and U.S. Representative, transcended the physical realm this past...

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The Invisible Church

Jul 02, 2020 06:47PM

Fr Marcellinus Teko inside the church By Belinda NzeribeThe invisible Coronavirus has spurred a bustling virtual audience an...

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United Way’s Dr. Nikia Owens Providing Essential Resources for Philadelphia and New Jersey Communities

Jun 15, 2020 09:30AM

By Nana Ama AddoIn 2017, the Pew Charitable Trusts reported that almost 400,000 Philadelphians, which make up about 26% of the city’s popula...

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Opinion: There is a dictator in our midst!

Jun 08, 2020 03:51PM

By Joseph Warkreh T-ToeMuch hoopla has been made recently about President Donald J. Trump’s infamous photo-op at the St. John’s Church Paris...

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Remembering Mr. Clifton Lowery COVID-19, an Honorable Legacy, a Preventable Death and Precautions

Jun 03, 2020 02:29PM

By Nana Ama AddoThe insidiousness of COVID is not to be taken lightly. Brown expresses her infuriation over the lack of precautions taken on...

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The year common sense died

May 29, 2020 01:52PM

By Belinda NzeribeThere is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn is the belief of absurdist proponent, Albert Camus. The revolt we see ...

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COVID-19 and Human-trafficking: Living in Both Worlds

May 24, 2020 03:41PM

By Beverly Chandran and Bahati PhoenixThe coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has changed our lives and rocked the core of the United States wit...

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How Much Is Your Life Worth: A Reverend, COVID-19 Testimony, and a Revolutionary Church.

May 16, 2020 02:18PM

By Nana Ama AddoReverend Dr. Alyn E. Waller is a spiritual innovator and a religious force to be reckoned with. He has served as the senior...

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