And boy, did he say a lot. Mayor Nutter gave a speech entitled Cities United: A Conversation about Deaths of African-American Males, in Tallahassee, FL. With the speech being in Floriday, of course Trayvon Martin was brought up (with Nutter calling his death an “assassination”), along with p... Read more...
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12/04/2011,
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This day in age it seems like everyone and everybody is attending college but, most don't know where the funds will come from and/or who will be providing them. PhillyGoes2College is a center within Mayor Nutter's office that is there to help students, parents/mentors, and returning students be su... Read more...
City Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell, at once one of the most dedicated and controversial of the five board members overseeing the Philadelphia Housing Authority, resigned her PHA post Wednesday. Blackwell had been appointed to the board by then-Mayor John F. Street. She remained one of t... Read more...
On a chilly afternoon, along a worn shopping strip, the music legend is being greeted like the pope in Rome. As he strolls by the discount stores, the beauty-supply shops, and the vacancies pulling down Point Breeze Avenue, people drown Kenny Gamble in smiles, shouts, and handshakes. "Hey, brot... Read more...