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News Briefs
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee |
10-11
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) announces the translation into Arabic of important Department of Justice (DOJ) fact sheets on immigration-related employment discrimination.
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Phila Bicycle News |
10-10
A couple of key points have been severed by the Streets Department and/or PENNDOT.
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Marc Stier |
10-10
I want to point out some of the key differences between a community based economic development strategy and a tax cutting economic development strategy.
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10-08
A call for volunteers and support for an outstanding documentary now being developed, about Philadelphia's violence epidemic.
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Jeff Hornstein, SEIU |
10-06
Last Thursday, 7 members of City Council introduced legislation that would amend Philadelphia’s zoning code to mandate “Inclusionary Affordable Housing.” Bill No. 060732, co-sponsored by Council members Clarke, Goode, DiCicco, Ramos, Reynolds Brown, Blackwell, and Miller, came exactly two weeks after several hundred citizens rallied with the Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice (PCHJ.
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10-05
The following is a transcript from Andy's interview with Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! given this morning before he turned himself in to US Marshalls to begin his three year prison sentence.
This gives an excellent explanation of what he has been convicted of and how grossly the law has been skewed to convict the shac7.
Please stay tuned as we will have an address for writing Andy within just a few days. He needs our letters of support, so get your pens & paper ready!
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reposted |
10-04
The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Foundation (IMC) has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Illinois Arts Council to further develop its Community Media and Arts Center in downtown Urbana. The IMC received the full amount of their request. The grant will help support general operations and comes less than a year after its grand opening in the historic downtown Urbana post office building. The IMC purchased the building; the post office remains as a tenant.
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All for the Taking |
10-03
The Philadelphia Campaign for Housing Justice has been working on a Bill. However, the Bill that was introduced was not drafted by the coalition, and it does not share some of the key goals of the group.
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Greenadelphia |
10-02
Urban Green Partnership is working to get 5 to 10 thousand signatures from South Philadelphia for the campaign.
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Barbershop Notebooks |
10-01
Temple Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is featured on MSNBC. I squared off with Ben Ferguson about the Hugo Chavez controversy. Ferguson, one of the nation’s leading young conservatives, argues that real Americans should boycott Citgo gas in a show of solidarity with Bush. Of course, I disagreed. My only regret is that I didn’t have time to remind Ben and the viewers that Chavez is not a “tyrant and dictator,” but a DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED president.
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All for the Taking |
10-01
Carolyn Thomas has been fighting a struggle that hasn’t ended over two years after her home was seized through eminent domain.
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Skyline |
10-01
I'd argue that the city has ceased to provide real urban planning, the way that some city schools no longer provide an arts and music curriculum.
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Blueprint |
10-01
Community event featuring a panel of experts discussing the many aspects of a multi-faceted issue. Tuesday at Franklin Inst.
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SuZQ |
09-29
On Saturday, September 30, the Senate is scheduled to vote on H.R. 6061, the so-called "Secure Fence Act," which passed the House by 283 - 138 on September 14, 2006. The bill mandates "(1) systematic border surveillance through ... unmanned aerial vehicles, ground-based sensors, satellites, radar coverage, and cameras ... to prevent unlawful border entry ... at least two layers of reinforced fencing, installation of additional physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors extending [across the US-Mexico border]." See No More Deaths and AFSC for more information on the legislation and its deadly effects.
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Marc Stier |
09-29
Conference that seeks to engage people in ongoing political activity.
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