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 [...]
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Spike Lee gentrification rant hits home
WHEN SPIKE LEE went on a profanity-laced tirade about the racial injustice of gentrification, he was not [...]
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We’re having snow…You’re having babies.
THE CONSEQUENCES of our snowy winter will show up nine months from now, and when they do, [...]
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Demolition Spurs Gentrification in Philadelphia
WHEN COLUMBIA Avenue was Jump Street, and Ridge Avenue was a vital commercial artery that snaked through [...]
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Solomon Jones reads from The Bridge
THE BRIDGE OPENS with Kenya Brown, a little girl from the projects who is dealing with much [...]
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I saw Trayvon and Jordan in his eyes
USUALLY WHEN I photograph children, they smile at the camera. They light up, pose, and glam it [...]
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Saving our boys at the voting booth
IN THE WAKE of the Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin murders, I am for the first time, [...]
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Why we must vote
PHILADELPHIA IS IN TROUBLE. Not because of toxic political infighting that pits one neighborhood against another, but [...]
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Sochi? 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 [...]
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The truth about cute cats and women
A HILARIOUS TRUE STORY about Styx the family cat, and what she taught Solomon about cute cats [...]
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Legalize 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 [...]
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