Scoop USA Newspaper
Philadelphia legend David Thompson remembered
Do you remember Philadelphia International Records (PIR) based funk band People's Choice, that came out with the hit single, “Do It Anyway You Wanna Do It,” which was a Philly Classic?
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
Scoop USA Newspaper
100,000 rides and counting: Camden Loop's impact continues to grow in just two years
As it marks its second anniversary this month, the Camden Loop, an innovative, on-demand public transit service, continues to prove its value to the community, with more than 100,000 rides completed since its launch.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
Scoop USA Newspaper
Share Food Program opens new warehouse in Delaware County
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony, local officials, community leaders, supporters, and partner organizations, Share Food Program (Share), the region's leading hunger-relief organization, and its partners officially opened a new 9,000-square-foot food distribution warehouse in Delaware County.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
Scoop USA Newspaper
It's a Juneteenth Day
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
Scoop USA Newspaper
When the president's peacemaking efforts invite more chaos
While the nation braced to see what would happen next in Los Angeles, on Thursday, a surprising message appeared on President Trump's Truth Social account.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 19
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"No Kings" demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions came
Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks, and plazas across the United States on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and small towns, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
Scoop USA Newspaper
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis calls on state senate to deliver Pennsylvania's Mass Transit Systems for Pennsylvania's economy
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis joins representatives from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), as well as leaders from local employers, at SEPTAs Croydon Station to highlight the importance of investing in mass transit to create jobs, connect communities and grow Pennsylvanias economy... The Lieutenant Governor then boards a Trenton Line Regional Rail train to travel to Suburban Station in downtown Philadelphia... The Shapiro-Davis 2025-26 budget proposal calls for significant investment in mass transit and road and bridge infrastructure all across the Commonwealth ensuring Pennsylvanians can get where they need to go.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 19
Scoop USA Newspaper
City Council Report
Philadelphia City Council, June 12, 2025 This final meeting before the Council's summer hiatus was all about Mayor Cherelle Parker's $6.8 billion dollar Budget. City Council easily passed Parker's ambitious Budget despite protests from constituents who held up signs that displayed their disapproval, while others were being more boisterous with their criticism. Councilmember Kendra Brooks voted nay on all the budget-related bills.
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ScoopUSA, Volume 65 - Number 26
New York Amsterdam News
Grace Jones and Janelle Monae kick off BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! on a fierce note
A & E
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Met reopens its Rockefeller Wing of African, Asian, and American collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art had a grand celebration for the reopening of its Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Women in Sport publishes report on lack of inclusion of Black girls in sports
The United Kingdom-based organization Women in Sport holds the motto “Because women and girls belong.” Determining there was an issue of inclusion among Black girls in sports, Women in Sport carried out research on the topic and last month published a report entitled, “Black Girls and Sport: A Break Up Story.”
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Protests over immigration raids pop up across the US, with more planned
Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump's move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Ex-lawyer convicted of deed theft; faces September sentencing
A disbarred attorney has been found guilty of unlawfully obtaining the property deeds of Black and Brown homeowners in Brooklyn. Sanford “Sandy” Solny was tried and convicted in Downtown Brooklyn for stealing 11 residential properties and defrauding a total of 15 victims.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Jazz Gallery, Craig Harris, Sista's Place, Dionne Warwick
The Jazz Gallery (1158 Broadway, 5th floor), whose repertoire reflects the eclectic side of jazz beyond its ordinary confines, welcomes multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey for a moving four-day engagement June 11-14.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Bribery allegations surface in efforts to form Surinamese government
After the May 25 general elections in the Caribbean Community nation of Suriname, six political parties came together to form a new government coalition, ensuring the previous government was sent to the opposition benches after a single five-year term.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
St. John's Jamora Alves earns a return trip to the NCAA Championships
For the second time in her collegiate career, St. John's University junior Jamora Alves has qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., which began yesterday. She earned her spot in the discus with an outstanding performance at the NCAA East Regional. She previously competed in the championships her freshman year.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Keyshawn Davis' career in chaos after being stripped of WBO title
Keyshawn Davis is in trouble again. After a majority decision victory over Nahir Albright in October 2023 was ruled a no-contest after he tested positive for marijuana, the Norfolk, Virginia native was stripped of his WBO lightweight world championship this past weekend.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Juneteenth and defiance?
Juneteenth is just around the corner in some places and facing cancellation in others — like the holiday parade slated to run through downtown Indianapolis.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Stop + frisk monitor: Secretive NYPD unit overwhelmingly stops Black and Brown people
The Community Response Team (CRT) announced itself to the world in 2022 — not by press conference or an official launch — but through a now-unlisted YouTube short titled “True Blue: NYPD’s Finest.”
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Black Pride on film at Maysles Documentary Center
With their series “Pride at Maysles” amplifying and celebrating Queer Black culture, perception, and perspective, Harlem's Maysles Documentary Center reprises the Homo-Harlem film festival I ran here 15 years ago with funding from State Senator Bill Perkins.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Cuomo strangles Black student education
When Andrew Cuomo took office as New York's governor, one of his first actions was sold as a major win for homeowners: a property tax cap under the guise of curbing runaway local property taxes. But behind that policy was a decision that would effectively strangle school funding, devastating public schools, especially in low-income, immigrant, and Black and Brown communities.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Athletes Unlimited Softball League receives impactful investment from MLB
Opening day for the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) was Saturday, June 7, but the grand slam news preceded the first pitch when it was announced that Major League Baseball (MLB) was making a strategic investment in the league.
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June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The 9-0 Liberty remain unblemished with superlative season kickoff
Despite significant roster changes, the New York Liberty are off to the best start in franchise history.
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June 12, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
AAWIC celebrates 25 years of trailblazing cinema with encore presentation, special honors, and a call to support the future of the arts
The 25th Annual African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival marked a historic milestone this spring, celebrating its 25th anniversary with a dynamic three-day hybrid festival held May 15-17, 2025, at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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'It's the bond market, stupid' - Just ask Moody's
Back in the early 1990s when I was running as a Republican candidate for Congress, a governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton, once said during a three-way race for president the following, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Well, today, I would change that slightly to: “It’s the bond market, stupid.” (It must be noted that President Clinton was the last president to balance our budget.)
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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Stop the Double Standard
Lord, We Thank You For Waking Us Up This Morning. Give Us The Will To Live And Think Today By Your Standards. Amen.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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Sixty Years of Head Start
\"The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement, and what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.”
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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How to protect our judges
American Voices
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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Black Wall Street
ScoopUSA Newspaper Black History Archives This article was originally published in ScoopUSA Newspaper in June 2009 and was published every June until 2016. We need to tell these stories...
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
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Marian Wright Edleman
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is an American lawyer, educator, and children's rights activist.
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