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Asian Immigrant students are getting pummeled in Philadelphia public schools, as they have been for a long time. The school district has done little to help them.
Three months before a race riot broke out at South Philadelphia High School, I wrote about the longstanding practice of freely pounding on Asian students. The story recently was awarded second place for Investigative Reporting by a weekly paper from the Pennslyvania Newspaper Association.
Read the original story here, and the follow ups here and here.
A quarter-century of sporting misery in Philadelphia bred generations of disgruntled but loyal fans - known around the world as some of the most irascible, cantankerous people to ever root for a home team.
Then the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. They returned to the World Series in 2009. That capped a decade of championship runs by all four of the major Philly sports teams. Quietly, we've seen a sporting revival in Philadelphia.
Will the fans all of the sudden quit booing the moment things look bad? Will the Philly faithful become soft in light of recent successes? Click the image above to read the story.