
Valerie Russ
Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Reporter at Philadelphia Daily News
Valerie Russ writes about identity, culture and history
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
chestnuthilllocal.com | Valerie Russ
On June 14 — Flag Day, and just in time for Father’s Day — two former Montford Point Marines will receive posthumous honors and replicas of the Congressional Gold Medal. Family members of the marines will accept the replicas on behalf of their fathers, Gunnery Sgt. Lewis Monroe Alexander Jr., who served in the Marshall Islands from 1942 to 1945, and Cpl. Willie Gus Talley, who served from 1943 to 1946 and faced combat in Okinawa.
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2 months ago |
mahoningmatters.com | Valerie Russ
Kenneth, Haile, and Keir Johnston are brothers who live and work in Philadelphia. Each has made his mark in community-oriented projects in different ways. Ken Johnston is a "walking artist" who has made dozens of long-distance walks to illustrate the struggle for freedom Black Americans endured by "freeing themselves" from enslavement. Haile Johnston and his wife, Tatiana Garcia-Granados, co-founded the Common Market, a nonprofit wholesale food distributor.
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2 months ago |
inquirer.com | Valerie Russ
Kenneth, Haile, and Keir Johnston are brothers who live and work in Philadelphia. Each has made his mark in community-oriented projects in different ways. Ken Johnston is a “walking artist” who has made dozens of long-distance walks to illustrate the struggle for freedom Black Americans endured by “freeing themselves” from enslavement. Haile Johnston and his wife, Tatiana Garcia-Granados, co-founded the Common Market, a nonprofit wholesale food distributor.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
mahoningmatters.com | Valerie Russ
Emily Bhatnagar, a University of Pennsylvania student who started a nonprofit to collect and donate books to children in hospitals, has gotten a lot of national recognition.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
inquirer.com | Valerie Russ
Emily Bhatnagar, a University of Pennsylvania student who started a nonprofit to collect and donate books to children in hospitals, has gotten a lot of national recognition.
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