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The full story from my colleagues:

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The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Still on the NPS website, the reason for featuring the house: as an examination of the paradox of people founding a nation in the name of freedom while enslaving others. The third photo is a Smithsonian summary of a book about discovering slavery at the executive house. www.nps.gov/inde/planyou...
From the National Park Service’s “Visiting the President’s House (in Philadelphia) site. It has a photo of the framing around the house site with this caption: Although the house was demolished in 1832, the foundations still remain visible on this unique visit focusing on the contradiction of liberty and enslavement in the new nation. From the National Park Service website for the President’s House in Philadelphia, near Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. It reads: Exhibits The outdoor exhibits examine the paradox between slavery and freedom in the new nation. Presidents Washington and Adams, and their households, once lived and worked at a house on this site. Although the house was demolished in 1832, some of it's stories are preserved through videos shared from the perspective of enslaved individuals who lived and worked here, and text panels shed light on everything from visiting tribal delegations to the work of the executive branch. Look for the foundations of the home still embedded in the ground. This is a self-guided exhibit. Summary of a book on the Smithsonian Institution site about the discovery that George Washington kept slaves at the executive house in Philadelphia (https://www.si.edu/object/upon-ruins-liberty-slavery-presidents-house-independence-national-historical-park-and-public-memory%3Asiris_sil_1090980) It reads: The 2002 revelation that George Washington kept slaves in his executive mansion at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in the 1790s prompted an eight-year controversy about the role of slavery in America's commemorative landscape. When the President's House installation opened in 2010, it became the first federal property to feature a slave memorial. In Upon the Ruins of Liberty, Roger Aden offers a compelling account that explores the development of this important historic site and how history, space, and public memory intersected with contemporary racial politics.
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned by declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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New Jersey’s Petty’s Island, now owned by Venezuela’s Citgo, will soon belong to major conservative donor’s firm
Venezuela’s Citgo is under a U.S. court’s order to sell itself to a Florida hedge fund founded by Paul Singer, a major donor to conservatives, including President Donald Trump.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
Whales are dying, but it’s not because of wind farms
Investigating a whale beaching is grueling work, and scientists see the same culprit again and again.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Hussam al-Masri reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Halfway through 2025, Philly has the fewest homicides in recent memory
The decrease comes despite several high-profile shootings this summer that left children and teens maimed by bullets. Still, it's progress.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Ironically reactionary word list
Neology is not acceptable
August 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Frontman of Philadelphia-based band Low Cut Connie accusing Rockin’ the River promoters of cancelling its Friday night performance due to politics.
<p>The frontman of Philadelphia-based band Low Cut Connie is publicly accusing Luzerne County Rockin’ the River promoters of cancelling its Friday night performance due to politics.</p>
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July 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Legendary Coach Joe Vigil Dies at 95
The Adams State fixture played a key role in revitalizing U.S. distance running.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
State officials gathered in Newark to kick off the construction of the first phase of The Greenway, New Jersey's newest rail-to-trail park. www.northjersey.com/story/news/2...
The Greenway: Construction begins on NJ's newest rail-to-trail park
State officials gathered in Newark to kick off the construction of the first phase of The Greenway, New Jersey's newest rail-to-trail park.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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18th-century tavern in Camden begins inside restorations to turn into American Revolution museum
The Benjamin Cooper House's $4 million construction project will add plumbing, electric and exhibits on the building's history.
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July 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Philly opens new 10-acre waterfront park
The park includes wide open views of the river, reclaimed for residents from a once fenced-off, contaminated, industrial past.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Our press release from yesterday, and the article in the Inquirer quoting LD6 State Senator and County Party Chair James Beach confirming they will attempt to refuse us the right that voters have bestowed upon us to recruit the remaining seats in Cherry Hill.

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On June 10, Cherry Hill Democratic voters delivered a decisive shock to the machine-dominated Camden County Democratic Committee (CCDC), electing a slate of South Jersey Progressive Democrats (SJPD) candidates and voting out the slate of CCDC candidates. In preliminary results, the SJPD slate defeated the CCDC slate in a landslide, 5,440 to 3,257. In the days since this Primary Election win, confidential sources have shared with reporters the troubling news that CCDC apparently intends to sue to overturn the election results and prevent the winners from filling the remaining vacancies on the municipal committee. It’s unclear what basis CCDC believes it has for any legal challenge to the election results, since both the bylaws of the county party as well as state statute make it plain that vacancies on the municipal committee are to be filled by elected municipal committee members. Those elected committee members are David Stahl, Susan Druckenbrōd, and Rena Margulis, whom Cherry Hill Democratic voters overwhelmingly entrusted with the job of appointing members to the municipal committee. The trio has already put out a public call for community engagement in filling the vacancies, which has been enthusiastically received. “Voters made a clear decision on June 10th in support of our candidates. In this particular political moment, living in the age of Trump, it is deeply concerning that Democrats would try to overturn an election. Over our many years of organizing, we (SJPD) have been bested by the Norcross machine and we have never tried to invalidate an election. When we lost, we used it as an opportunity to reflect, to learn, and to do better in the future. We (SJPD) urge the Camden County Democrats to respect election results. The voters have spoken. They have elected our candidates. We expect the Democratic Party to respect the vote in New Jersey, and not replicate the GOP’s nihilistic voter denialism,” said Kate Delany, President of SJPD. “We ran to get a seat at the table, and the CCDC fought to have voters choose the whole table. We are now presented with the opportunity to be a real model to the state for what Dem party committee is about - building community, growing the party, and electing a government that works for the people. Our neighbors have responded extremely well to that message and they are eager to get to work with us, and we look forward to building up our party and bringing in new ideas to the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee with a diverse array of Representation from all around town,” said Dave Stahl of South Jersey Progressive Democrats and newly elected County Committee member. "Presently we are in the recruitment phase of filling 71 seats for municipal committee in town, and are reaching out to broad swaths of the Cherry Hill community. The interest level is high. We have been meeting and talking with registered Democrats in town and people are actively engaging with us. We are excited to bring awareness to this party office that for way too long has been hidden away with only a few in the know actually aware of its existence, its purpose and who the actual committee members are. Our goal is to have representation in all of the 48 voting districts in Cherry Hill, and we are on our way to reaching that goal. We are looking forward to the reorganization meeting and to swearing in the new team,” said Susan Druckenbrōd of South Jersey Progressive Democrats and newly elected County Committee member. “With a potential lawsuit, the machine will be saying to the Democratic voters of Cherry Hill: ‘Heads we win, tails we go to court, employing our considerable financial muscle to overturn your decision to throw us out.’ The South Jersey Progressive Democrats will respect the decision of the voters to end machine control of the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee. If sued, we will vigorously defend our rights to bring the change to the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee that Cherry Hill Demo…
June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Stee-rike! Concession workers at Fenway Park vote to authorize a walkout
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#Boston #strike #RedSox
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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UMAW stands in solidarity with World Cafe Live workers in Philadelphia! Staff are citing wage disruption, a hostile work environment, and senior staff being pushed out of their jobs as reasons for the protest. Venue workers deserve fair pay and fair treatment. 💪
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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World Cafe Live fired workers who walked off the job this week over payroll issues and a toxic work environment. Some employees who were let go said they had no part in the protest.
'A hostile corporate takeover': World Cafe Live workers fired for protesting new leadership
About 10-12 servers, bartenders and box office workers walked off the job Wednesday night during a Suzanne Vega concert. They say the new CEO, Joe Callahan, is failing to manage the venue and pay work...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Hey Philly! There's a labor walk out at World Cafe Live
Dont cross the line #Philly
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Deforestation: Voorhees developer wants to build on wooded land next to Evesham's Black Run Preserve.
A residential developer proposes to build about 270 single-family homes in Evesham on heavily forested and undeveloped Pinelands property next to the protected Black Run Preserve.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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New Jersey places Haddonfield’s historic Black neighborhood on heritage trail
The unveiling of the historical marker recognizing the once vibrant African American community is part of the borough’s pre-Juneteenth celebrations.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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World Cafe Live workers fired after walking off the job
Picketers say new leadership caused chaos in the workplace. All who joined the walkout were fired, and WCL may press criminal charges.
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June 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM