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The mother of rock 'n' roll is being honored in Philadelphia almost 40 years after her death.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a gospel singer with an electric guitar who crossed over into popular music in the 1940s and '50s.

Outside a modest row home at 11th and Master streets, the state of Pennsylvania has erected an historic marker honoring Tharpe at the…

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BUILDING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

By Michael Rice

If there is one thing we all can agree on is that we need more community leadership in our neighborhoods.   In order to change those challenges that families face on a daily basis, more people must take an active role in creating a new community for all. 

One of the chief opponents of change is apathy.  Individuals refusing to accept…

by Benjamin Herold

for the Notebook and WHYY/NewsWorks

Widespread school closings often fail to generate expected savings or meaningful student achievement gains, but can contribute to significant community upheaval and neighborhood blight.

Those findings are part of a new…

Walk to End Domestic Violence

More here click Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011, 09:00am - 05:00pm 

Janitors rallied outside City Hall Tuesday ahead of a possible strike after midnight. The job action could send more than 2,600 janitors and building engineers to the picket lines.

"We do keep the buildings clean. We work hard," said Kathleen DeWyer of South Philadelphia. "We need help, and the only way we can get it is depending on our union to fight for us. Because, you know what the big people will do to the little people—they'll walk all over us!…