ONE OF THE PARTS of office culture that you can’t seem to get around no matter how badly [...]
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Adrian Peterson, Ray Rice, and us
IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS about fixing the problem of domestic violence, we must first address the problem of child [...]
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Mo’Ne Davis for governor
RIGHT NOW, at least in Philadelphia, people who would normally get really mad if you told them [...]
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Don’t tell us how to grieve Michael Brown
I HAVE ALWAYS believed that grief is personal. Grief is one of those things that you kinda have to [...]
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Schools, vices and the sin tax
AMONG THE MANY things that are making me scratch my head in relation to the School District of [...]
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What is blackness?
THIS PAST Saturday, my ultra-talented friend Tiffany Bacon had me on her Praise 103.9 FM radio show “Praise [...]
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Don’t blame Nicki Minaj. Blame parents
A COUPLE of days ago, I read a story on Philly.com talking about an investigation Mayor Michael [...]
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Independence Day in red white and black
WHEN YOU LIVE in Philadelphia, you can’t help but notice Independence Day. American history is kind of everywhere you [...]
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Iraq, our kids, and the March of the War Pigs
"Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses…" - Black Sabbath, War Pigs If you’ve [...]
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Kardashian, Mayweather, and Male Entitlement
I’M REALLY GLAD I’m not Kim Kardashian. Despite the fact that she’s loaded, takes private jets to exotic places, [...]
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Racism is taught
I love musicals. While sitting through “Glee” is more than you can ask from me, I love old [...]
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Vote now … for kids sake
ELECTION DAY is one of those days that every parent should have circled on his or her calendar [...]
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