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School Reform Commission Task Force: Things Aren’t Good

This headline pertains to the other problems the school district is facing, by the way. Namely: 55 percent of African-American youth don’t graduate from high school in Philadelphia. Fifty-seven percent of Latino youth suffer the same fate. So, the School Reform Commission commissioned a task force to study some of our districts’ problems for the past [...]

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Posted Sep. 2, 2010                

ARTS AND CULTURE

By PW Staff

Calendar: Sept. 1-7

What to do in Philly this week.

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Posted Aug. 31, 2010 | Comments: 0

MUSIC

By Steven Wells

Paste Magazine Eats It; Steven Wells Would Be Proud

With the news yesterday that Paste magazine is no more, we revisit the late Steven Well's takedown of boring music writing and those that push it.

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Posted Feb. 20, 2009 | Comments: 12

ARTS AND CULTURE > STAGE

By J. Cooper Robb

10 Essentials at Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe

Among the options, Chicken is a must-see: The show is set in a claustrophobic nuclear submarine occupied by three people (an Elvis fanatic, a timid crossdresser and a “she-beast” with an unflattering crew-cut) who can’t stand each other.

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Posted Aug. 31, 2010 | Comments: 0

NEWS AND OPINION

By Tara Murtha

Case of the Stolen Water: Petty Theft or a Cop's Retaliation?

Philadelphia Police Department spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore calls the case of the stolen water “strange,” but for Duane Mashore, who was arrested and locked in a cell for 14 hours on charges that he stole water from his neighbor’s outdoor faucet, it’s gone from strange to downright scary.

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Posted Aug. 31, 2010 | Comments: 0

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