ON SUNDAY night, as Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o climbed the stairs to accept her Academy Award, her [...]
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Dead body a bad sign for Parking Authority
IT SEEMS that a slew of recent snowstorms covered everything in Philadelphia, including Nadia Malik, 22, whose [...]
Read moreWe’re having snow…You’re having babies.
THE CONSEQUENCES of our snowy winter will show up nine months from now, and when they do, [...]
Read moreDemolition Spurs Gentrification in Philadelphia
WHEN COLUMBIA Avenue was Jump Street, and Ridge Avenue was a vital commercial artery that snaked through [...]
Read moreWhy we must vote
PHILADELPHIA IS IN TROUBLE. Not because of toxic political infighting that pits one neighborhood against another, but [...]
Read moreSochi? Philly’s having its own Winter Olympics
FOR MUCH of the past month, I've felt like a man trapped in a snowy nightmare. The [...]
Read moreLegalize marijuana? I don’t think so
Drug abuse doesn't begin with a needle in one's arm, like it reportedly ended for Oscar-winning actor [...]
Read morePurse snatch murders
I REMEMBER purse snatchings. For a time in the 1980s, they were the crime of choice in [...]
Read moreJustice and Jordan Davis
I AWAKENED ON SUNDAY morning praying for America. I prayed that I, as the black father of a [...]
Read moreThe last minute Valentine’s Day gift
IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY, and my life is in a shambles, because I can't afford flowers. I know what [...]
Read moreSuper Bowl ads were better than the game
THE SUPER BOWL was on in my house last weekend, but I was the only one who [...]
Read moreCommunities must have voice on Land Bank
WHEN DEVELOPMENT proponents speak of the Philadelphia Land Bank as a step toward eliminating the city’s 40,000 [...]
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