Level Up to Healing

Week after week, Pastor Aaron Campbell’s five-year-old after-school program offers more than 300 young people the security, skills and confidence to live — and thrive — through the city’s violence

By Dr. James Peterson
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Of Voting and Atonement

A Philadelphia rabbi’s Yom Kippur message: Your ballot could be the one that preserves the fundamental ideals of America

By Seymour Rosenbloom
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Leon H. Sullivan Month

This October, Philadelphia celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of the Nicetown-Tioga pastor and champion of global civil rights and Black entrepreneurship

By Karen J. Hamilton
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Towards a New Kind of Tolerance

A local business owner is tired of reminding colleagues to respect her Jewish holidays. Take note: They start next week.

By Corie Moskow
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Ali Velshi on the British Empire’s brutal legacy

You may love the pomp and circumstance surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's passing, but you cannot love the monarchy's legacy the world over.

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The Satanic Verses with Homi K. Bhabha

Salman Rushdie's friend and colleague Homi K. Bhabha steps in to speak with MSNBC host Ali Velshi about the true meaning of the controversial book

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Margaret Atwood

The prolific, iconic author of "A Handmaid's Tale" speaks with the MSNBC anchor about the increasing threat of American autocracy

By Ali Velshi
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Love ALL

This Sunday, tennis enthusiasts of all skill levels can come together to support the work of Interfaith Philadelphia

By Jessica Blatt Press
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Nasihah Thompson-King

As her Mastery-Shoemaker principal attests, the high schooler benched from basketball because of her hijab is a freedom fighter for our times

By Sharif El-Mekki
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Faith-Based Football

In his Sunday sermon last week, a prominent reverend deconstructs the Eagles’ pronouncements of faith…and finds something that can transform the city

By Rev. Bill Golderer