Year: 2005

A swastika was recently found carved into a wall outside of an apartment in Oxford Village. The swastika was found just after classes ended for the fall semester. Alison Don, a community assistant at Oxford

Under the United States’ current judicial system, death penalty trials are being mishandled, leading to the deaths of innocent people. Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty activist and author of bestselling “Dead Man Walking,” recently released

A $160,000 house in Port Richmond? A quarter million dollars for a house in University City? In recent months, I have been looking at some of the real estate ads for houses and apartments in

When hip hop originated, artists like Grandmaster Flash, Rakim and Run D.M.C. set the example. Original hip hop wasn’t about shooting or killing, it was a hot flow backed up by a beat. These artists

Make sure you’re sitting down before I tell you this: There are people in college with drinking problems. In fact, according to a survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Young adults ages 18

Did you know that raising the minimum wage was a demand of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech? King,