Freedom isn't free. That refrain has danced in my head since the tragic murders of 12 people [...]
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Solomon Jones on working and not working
ANYONE who knows me knows how hard I work. In fact, people often joke that I'm Jamaican - [...]
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2015: Reflecting on Ferguson, Rihanna and more
FATHERHOOD was tough for me in 2014, because there were moments in which it was impossible to laugh. There was the moment [...]
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A daughters light shines through the dark times
THE LAST FEW WEEKS have been trying times for me as a father. The debate on police [...]
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NYPD cop killer does not represent us
On either side of the thin blue line that separates police from civilian, we all have the [...]
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Solomon and son talk Ferguson on Nightline
In the wake of Ferguson, I worry about my son. Those words, from a Philadelphia Daily News [...]
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I saw myself in the Eric Garner tragedy
THE IMAGE was horrific. An unarmed father of six, choked from behind by a police officer on [...]
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Solomon debates Garner decision on WHYY
On Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, Solomon joined a panel of guests that included Camden County [...]
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Commissioner Charles Ramsey on Garner
On Thursday's Wake Up With WURD on 900 am WURD, Solomon Jones interviewed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles [...]
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After Ferguson, I worry about my son
DARREN WILSON'S resignation from the Ferguson, Mo., police department didn't soothe the pain I felt in the [...]
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Eric Garner grand jury decision: Not again
Not again. Not another unarmed man killed by those whose salaries we pay. Not another death swept aside [...]
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In Solomons house, every day is Black Friday
IN RECENT YEARS, Thanksgiving week has become one of the most stressful times of the year. Not because [...]
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