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From the Inbox: Philadelphia Cops Beating

May 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

My sister-in-law is one of the coolest people I know. When you first meet her, the first thing that pops in your head is ‘Wow, she looks like that girl from Soul Food!’
She would quickly correct you and tell you her name is Nicole Ari Parker then quickly dismiss your quip as irrelevant in the […]

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Tags: Awareness · Community · News · Race · Safety

This is NOT the time …

September 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

I know we don’t know much about Friday’s shooting at Delaware State University at this point, but I DO know that this is NOT the time to launch some Stop Snitching campaign.

Two students were shot and wounded Friday at the historically black DSU. Campus was appropriately locked down as police searched for a gunman.
But the […]

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Tags: Community · News · Safety · Security

What (Internet) Driving School taught me about life

May 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Saturday, lying on my couch though the beach seemed to not only call, but text, email and leave voice messages, I finally plunked down to “go” to driver’s school so my insurance wouldn’t increase and I could keep my “safe driver” status after an accident. I didn’t expect to learn anything new, especially from […]

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Tags: Auto Advice · Awareness · News · Safety