A Philadelphia School’s Big Bet on Nonviolence

Last year when American Paradigm Schools took over Philadelphia’s infamous, failing John Paul Jones Middle School, they did something a lot of people would find inconceivable. The school was known as “Jones Jail” for its reputation of violence and disorder, and because the building physically resembled a youth correctional facility. Situated in the Kensington section […]

A year after the explosion that blinded him, former Navy swimmer is in the Paralympics

BALTIMORE — “Where is he?” said Brian Loeffler, looking down the empty lane of a 50-meter pool at 7 o’clock in the morning. To his right, a masters’ practice was finishing up. In front of him, early risers were doing laps. He didn’t seem overly concerned that his star swimmer had disappeared. “There he is,” […]

73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me – Philippians 4:13 KATHMANDU (Kyodo) — A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world Saturday by successfully climbing the world’s tallest mountain at the age of 73, setting a formidable world record. Tamae Watanabe, who launched her final assault on the treacherous upper slopes of Mt. […]