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Domestic Terror: Gun Sales Skyrocket

Fears of violence are driving an astronomical increase in firearm purchases 2020 has been scary. With fear as the primary driver of weapons sales, it comes as no surprise that gun sales have gone up this year. While sales always rise after national emergencies and during elections due to fears…

Guns

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Domestic Terror: Gun Sales Skyrocket
Domestic Terror: Gun Sales Skyrocket
Guns

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Styer orchard, market to consolidate, forcing longtime market owners to vacate

On February 1st, the Middletown Township unanimously voted to confirm that the lease for the Styer Orchard would be granted to local farmer, Tim Field, after reviewing proposals submitted by the two current lessees. While both businesses have operated separately for decades, the township gave the following reasoning for the…

Small Business

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Styer orchard, market to consolidate, forcing longtime market owners to vacate
Styer orchard, market to consolidate, forcing longtime market owners to vacate
Small Business

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University of The Arts faculty union demands contract meeting, salary restoration after virtual town hall

In a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, University of the Arts (UArts) President David Yager announced that administrators and select faculty would have their salaries restored to pre-pandemic rates, but that members of the recently formed UArts Union would not be included in the restoration. In September, UArts faculty members…

Uart

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University of The Arts faculty union demands contract meeting, salary restoration after virtual…
University of The Arts faculty union demands contract meeting, salary restoration after virtual…
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Market Street March

Wednesday, November 4 — Several hundred protesters marched east on Market Street in remembrance of Walter Wallace Jr, to demand change from the Philadelphia Police Department and to call for the release of local organizer Anthony Smith Just days after the killing of Walter Wallace Jr in West Philadelphia and…

Philadelphia

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Market Street March
Market Street March
Philadelphia

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Jun 21, 2021

Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism (Pt. 2)

In 1982, the residents of rural Otto, North Carolina were greeted with strange and threatening new neighbors: Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator (COTC). What did they do about it? See Part 1 of this series for an introduction to Benjamin Klassen and the COTC Purchasing a roughly…

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Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism…
Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism…

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Jun 21, 2021

Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism (Pt. 1)

Otto, North Carolina has welcomed travelers seeking a rural escape into the Smokey mountains for generations. Produce stands and shops for homemade crafts dot the side of Highway 441 (23) during the summer as it snakes through the unincorporated community and north towards Rocky Top, Tennessee. Primarily agricultural, Otto also…

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Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism…
Hate in The Hills: How Benjamin Klassen and the Church of The Creator Influenced Modern Extremism…

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May 18, 2021

City Council Holds Press Briefing, Next Day Passes New Resolution Banning Less Lethal Police Tactics

CITY HALL: Wednesday, October 28 Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, Council Majority Leader Cherelle Parker, and Councilmembers Curtis Jones, Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Katherine Gilmore-Richarson, Isaiah Thomas and Derek Green held a press conference on the north side of City Hall to address the recent shooting of Walter Wallace Jr by…

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Apr 28, 2021

Doctor’s Orders: Be More Sociable

Social isolation has become another deep, structural issue exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic as the harmful consequences of long-term solitude continue to mount. Medical professionals, researchers, and public health officials fighting the worsening loneliness epidemic may know how to help. In the Philadelphia suburb of Chester county, healthcare workers have…

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Mar 5, 2021

UArts union to settle contract with administration on Monday

After years of organizing, the faculty union will finally have a chance to negotiate a labor contract with University of The Arts (UArts)President Yager. March 2nd — Union representatives were granted their first meeting with UArts Presdient David Yager’s administration this week, after filing an unfair labor practice complaint with…

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UArts Union to Settle Contract with administration on Monday
UArts Union to Settle Contract with administration on Monday
Unions

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Feb 5, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — City Council Spends The Week On Philly Fighting COVID. President Clarke says “We have to get this right.”

In the fallout of the Inquirer and WHYY’s uncovering of the scandal surrounding Philly Fighting Covid, a local startup that received funding from the city to provide testing and vaccination sites, city council has introduced legislation to strengthen their oversight over the partnerships the city enters, and individual members have…

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PHILADELPHIA — City Council Spends The Week On Philly Fighting COVID.
PHILADELPHIA — City Council Spends The Week On Philly Fighting COVID.
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