Flu Vaccines Highlight Need for Paid Sick Days
Editor’s note: In keeping with the Tao of Journalism, we’ve amended this piece at the request of Philly’s Restaurant Opportunity Center…
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Afternoon News Roundup – January 22, 2013
Daniel Denvir of City Paper reports that the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP Philadelphia disrupted a speech by Gov. Tom Corbett yesterday. Police…
Morning News Roundup – January 22, 2013
CBS Philly reports on a controversial name change for the former Mayor’s Office of Community Services, or MOCS. Philadelphia has been…
Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint
Editor’s note: In lieu of the coverage we were anticipating on doing today, this piece, originally published at Common Dreams…
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence By Rev. Martin Luther King 4 April 1967 Speech delivered by Dr. Martin…
Morning News Roundup – January 20th, 2013
36 Philadelphia school teachers receive National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, reports the Philadelphia Tribune. NBPTS certification is among…
Afternoon News Roundup – January 19th, 2012
Philadelphia City Councilman Clarke favors a one-year moratorium on school closings until more information and community feedback is received, the…
City Workers and Labor Unions Rally Against Mayor Nutter’s “Final Offer”
Hundreds of Philadelphians, representing many of the area’s labor organizations, gathered in the Mall in front of the Constitution Center…
Morning News Roundup – January 19, 2013
Governor Corbett was at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia yesterday, touting the new system of…
Philadelphia Police Officer and His Brother Arrested for Tax Fraud
Jose Tirado, 38, an officer in the 25th District of the Philadelphia Police Department, was arrested this morning. He and…
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