Tag: Philadelphia

Fired Comedian Ordered to Get Day Job Back After Jokes Ruled ‘Simply Funny’

Jad Sleiman doing stand-up. Image Credit: Jad Sleiman A reporter who was fired last year when his employer found clips of his standup comedy online must be reinstated because his jokes are funny, a third-party arbitrator has ruled.  The arbitrator also found that his comedy clips, which covered topics including 9/11, Israel, and oral sex, […]

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What Is ‘Stop-And-Frisk’? Why Controversial Policing Tactic In Philadelphia Is Critically Important

NewsOne Featured Video Cherelle Parker is seen during her first press conference after winning the Democratic nomination for mayor in Philadelphia on May 22, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Violent crime, and how to reduce it, dominated the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral campaign. As a candidate, Cherelle Parker suggested she would […]

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Stopping The School To Prison Pipeline: How Philadelphia Is Diverting Youth From The Legal System

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Mark Makela / Getty Across the United States, arrest rates for young people under age 18 have been declining for decades. However, the proportion of youth arrests associated with school incidents has increased. According to the U.S. Department of Education, K-12 schools referred nearly 230,000 students to law enforcement during the […]

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Mom’s For Liberty Rep Revealed As Black Conservative Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Sexually Abusing Teen Boy

NewsOne Featured Video Source: GIORGIO VIERA / Getty Apparently, Mom’s for Liberty—the conservative Karen coalition of Caucasian women who think their equally Caucasian children have some God-given right to be shielded from Black people teaching their own history or gender studies they feel will “indoctrinate” their kids into coming out as tolerant, non-bigoted people who […]

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Young Black Men In Philly And Chicago Being Killed At Higher Rates Than US Troops

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Martine Severin / Getty Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021. The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where […]

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Judge Raises Bail By 60% For White Biker Who Pointed Gun At Black Mom Whose Car Window He Shattered

NewsOne Featured Video Cody M. Heron. | Source: Philadelphia Police Department Earlier this month, a video began circling social media that showed a group of ATV, motorcycle and dirt bike riders surrounding a Black woman’s car. One of the men can be seen jumping on the back of the sedan and shattering the rear window, […]

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Want a Thriving Arts Scene? Build More Housing.

This also happened to be one of the most creatively fecund periods in the city’s history. The scene surrounding punk club CBGB was an artistic explosion unto itself, giving us the Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie, and Television. Meanwhile, in the same year that CBGB opened its doors, the Bronx was giving birth to hip-hop. […]

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