By Daniel Denvir, The Notebook Reprinted from the Philadelphia Public School Notebook blog: www.thenotebook.org The U.S. Department of Justice has found merit in a civil rights complaint filed against the Philadelphia School District over December 2009 violence against Asian students at South Philadelphia High School. Cecilia Chen, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund… [Read more…]
August 30, 2010
By Kamilla Kovacs, Media Access Project Reprinted from: http://www.mediaaccess.org/2010/08/the-2000s-a-history-of-the-fcc’s-internet-policy-deregulation/ Throughout years of debate on open Internet protections, cable and telecommunications carriers have continually argued that strong net neutrality rules will hurt investment. They maintain that regulation to forbid discrimination in network management would cause them to back away from building and upgrading broadband infrastructure nationwide.… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
By Voice of Philly Troubled PHA director Carl Greene was placed on indefinite leave Thursday by the housing authority’s board of directors, signaling what could be the beginning of the end of his 10-year tenure as the city’s public housing head. Former mayor John Street, the housing authority board chair, said Greene’s recent actions, which… [Read more…]
August 27, 2010
By Media Mobilizing Project Media Mobilizing Project is premiering “Infection in Our Health Care System” tonight at the Freedom Theatre as part of our launch of MMP TV. The hour-length investigative report focuses on the experiences of poor and working people within a health care system that places profit over people. Spanning from Pottstown to… [Read more…]
August 26, 2010
By Voice of Philly At a time when more Philadelphians are searching for affordable housing, the Philadelphia Housing Authority – the state’s largest landlord – could be seeing changes at the top. Under increased media and public pressure, the PHA board of directors is promising to review the status of director Carl Greene, who has… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
By Voice of Philly Adding to the Philadelphia School District’s summer woes, the city controller’s office released an audit Wednesday that faulted the district for poor record keeping and nearly $50,000 in missing property. Alan Butkovitz’s report shows that in a sampling of schools, 50 items were missing and that 30 of them couldn’t be… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
By Briana Baldwin The Scribe Video Center will host an Iftar Monday in honor of the Muslim community and their efforts to create a new media project called Muslim Voices of Philadelphia. An Iftar is the celebration of the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, which is observed by more than 2 billion people… [Read more…]
August 24, 2010
From Media Mobilizing Project Published in Our City Voices, www.ourcityvoices.org Two weeks ago friends, family, neighbors and many others gathered to protest the detention and deportation of Hov Ly Kol, an active and valuable member of Philadelphia’s Cambodian-American community. The following was posted on the web page announcing the rally: “Hov Ly Kol was born… [Read more…]
August 23, 2010
By Dave Davies, WHYY Reprinted from www.whyy.org A German man was murdered in Pakistan last week in what relatives say is a case of religious persecution. Habibur Rehman, who was killed Thursday, came to Philadelphia from Pakistan 20 years ago. He raised a family and ran a newsstand in Germantown. But Rehman belonged to the… [Read more…]
August 22, 2010
By Briana Baldwin When book aficionados go to booksellers such as Borders and Barnes & Noble, they are sure to find bestsellers such as the Twilight series or political books by the likes of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter. They won’t find any of these titles at the Wooden Shoe Book Store in… [Read more…]
August 31, 2010
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