On his 900 am WURD radio show, Solomon Jones speaks with newly appointed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard [...]
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Category "About the News"
Bigotry must not cloud Hartnett investigation
As darkness draped the streets of West Philadelphia, Edward Archer was caught on video walking up to [...]
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Blacks and police far apart on key issues
FOR JIM KENNEY, the first white mayor to helm the majority-non-white city of Philadelphia in 16 years, [...]
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Transcript of Ammon Bundy remarks
A transcript of Ammon Bundy's remarks to reporters on day one of the armed militia takeover of a [...]
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Chip Kelly fired. Eagles fans rejoice.
The Eagles fired coach Chip Kelly on Tuesday evening in a stunning announcement that altered the course [...]
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In “Creed” Philadelphia fights poverty
“We’re Philadelphia and we fight.” That’s what Chip Kelly said early in his tenure as head coach of [...]
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Terrorism only dies with ideas
If ideas died with people, America would have won the fight against modern-day terrorism by killing al-Qaeda [...]
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Say no to Trump Muslim ban
ON SUNDAY, my son and I and watched President Obama speak from the White House in the [...]
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Why would a black minister endorse Trump?
When anger shouts haughtily over reason, and fear drowns out truth, honesty is sometimes lost in the [...]
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Paris terror attacks will not stop our visit
I can still remember the day my daughter, Eve, promised to take me to Paris. I was sitting [...]
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John Boehner, Pope Francis, and the GOP
In order to understand the position in which Boehner found himself just prior to his announcement that [...]
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Pope Francis visit: Poor Philly families left out
I find it ironic that as Pope Francis comes to join us for the World Meeting of Families, [...]
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