Soul Train Host Don Cornelius Remembered By Philadelphia City Council
This week's death of "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was marked in Philadelphia City Council Thursday with a surprising admission from one of the lawmakers.
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This week's death of "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was marked in Philadelphia City Council Thursday with a surprising admission from one of the lawmakers.
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"You are beginning to see a lot of people in our society who have become disenfranchised," says the director of corporate social responsibility for the Sisters of St. Francis, in Aston, Pa.
Numerous polls show that Americans, with the steepest income gap of any developed country, are concerned about the growing trend but are divided over what to do about it.
The Susan G. Komen organization has come in for criticism from liberal groups and lawmakers, after its decision to stop its contributions to Planned Parenthood because of its policy of not funding organizations that are under investigation, the local komen affiliate is concerned about the decision.
Wendell Pritchett, chancellor at Rutgers-Camden, urged everyone to put the heat on decisionmakers at the state capital.
The plan introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown would have advertisements plastered on yellow school buses in the city.
A delegation from Chester, Pa. delivered petitions to Governor Tom Corbett's office seeking state funds to keep the Chester-Upland schools open.
"We have to do some things differently, and we cannot be stuck in old ways of doing things, when the problems we're looking at are so big," Blondell Reynolds Brown says.
William DeWeese, who is still member of the state House, is accused of using taxpayer-paid staff in his Harrisburg and district offices for campaign purposes.
Instead of $2,000, the Corbett administration plans to set the asset limit at $5,500 for households age 59 and under and $9,000 for households age 60 and above or with disabled persons.
Lou Cappelli, leader of the county freeholders, questions the credibility and motive of those who distributed the petitions.
DeWeese is accused of using his staff and other taxpayer resources for campaign purposes.
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