Africatown Cultural Festival In Philadelphia Was A Unified Moment Of Shared Heritage
June 28, 2026 was a historic date in Southwest Philadelphia, the art and cultural hub of the African community which is now being designated as Africatown due to…
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Bill Cosby’s Prayer For The Families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Other Victims of Racial Hate Murders
Bill Cosby. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy When I think about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other Black people murdered by Racial Hatred, I could not…
“Virus or No Virus, We Can’t Lose Our Voice”: Cheri Honkala on Frontline Communities
Cheri Honkala has been organizing in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, one of the US’s most devastated, post-industrial communities, for over 30 years. As of the 2010 census,…
WHAT WILL BERNIE DELEGATES DO IN PHILADELPHIA? INTERVIEW WITH JEFF COHEN
Senator Bernie Sanders attracted huge, wildly enthusiastic crowds to his rallies all year. The first major survey of Bernie Sanders delegates reveals big concerns about Hillary Clinton’s pending…
Nets Continue To Struggle As Losing Streak Grows To Five
Lopez in foreground -- no relief in sight With the latest disappointing 100-85 loss to the young Timberwolves here at home, the Nets have now dropped five straight…
Infrastructure, indifference, & intransigence: America’s 3 I’s
“I sincerely wish you could see what I’m seeing right now. As I’m writing this particular Op-Ed entry, I’m sitting on an Amtrak train – with the lush…
A Medgar Evers Dean Victim Of AMTRAK Crash
Derrick Griffith Statement by Medgar Evers College (CUNY) It is with a heavy heart that we regret to confirm that Derrick Griffith, Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment…