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Philly.com- When an unarmed black American dies at the hands of police, the emotional impact reverberates so widely that black Americans who don’t even know the victim report distress, anxiety and depression, creating a national mental health burden nearly comparable to the stress caused by a chronic illness like diabetes, a new study has found. […]
Philly.com- City Council passed a $4.7 billion budget that spares Philadelphia property owners a tax hike but is still expected to help the school district avoid a deficit in the near future. Mayor Kenney failed to get support for the 4.1 percent property tax increase he initially proposed but will sign the amended budget. Council agreed […]
Philly.com- The executive order President Trump signed to end his own administration’s policy of forcibly separating families at the border does nothing to address the 2,300 children who have already been taken from their parents since April. What happens next is unclear. Officials from the Administration for Children and Families gave contradicting statements to CBS News, […]
The Hill- Kansas officials are continuing to enforce a proof of citizenship law that a federal judge recently deemed unconstitutional. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Wednesday that staff for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has directed county clerks to continue requiring voters to present documentary proof of citizenship. One county clerk said she was instructed […]
CBS News- President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to solve the issue of family separation at the border. The policy keeps in place key components of the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of prosecuting illegal border crossings along the U.S-Mexico border. While the administration will continue prosecuting crimes of “improper entry,” the administration will “maintain […]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined us on Your Voice this morning to discuss the family separation policy the Trump administration has put in place for migrant children and parents. Shapiro calls the policy inhumane and said, “it seems that every week with this administration we’re taking a step back.”
NBC 10- Mayor Kenney announces the formation of a task force to oversee the reconciliation of city cash accounts after tens of millions of taxpayer dollars goes missing. “I take these unreconciled bank accounts seriously,” said Mayor Kenney. The staff of the Finance Department and the Treasurer’s Office are approaching it with appropriate urgency. With the […]
6 ABC- The mouse is chasing the fox. Disney is upping the ante for Fox, making a $70.3 billion counterbid for Fox’s entertainment businesses following Comcast’s $65 billion offer for the company. The battle for Twenty-First Century Fox reflects a new imperative among entertainment and telecommunications firms. They are amassing ever more programming to better compete […]
By: Solomon Jones On Tuesday, as we commemorated Juneteenth, the day that enslaved Africans in Texas learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them, should have been reflecting on freedom. Instead, I was seeing images of caged brown children crying out for their parents, and listening to government officials trying to justify this cruelty. I […]
CNN- More than 600 members of the United Methodist Church have issued a formal complaint against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a fellow church member, charging that his “zero tolerance” policy on immigration violates church rules and may constitute child abuse. Officially, the complaint charges Sessions with violating the United Methodist Church’s Book of Discipline, its code […]
The Washington Post- The Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday in protest of what it perceives as an entrenched bias against Israel and a willingness to allow notorious human rights abusers as members. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the council had become a “protector of human rights abusers and […]
CBS Philly- The MTV Movie & TV Awards gave “Black Panther” its first taste of awards glory, with Marvel’s blockbuster taking home four honors including two awards for its star, Chadwick Boseman. Boseman quickly handed off his best hero award to James Shaw Jr., who wrestled an assault-style rifle away from a gunman in a […]