WHEN I LEARNED of President-elect Donald Trump's decision to elevate former Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon to [...]
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Presidential election showed us bigotry is alive and well in America
The presidential election is over. Now the real work begins. After a hate-filled presidential campaign ripped the scab [...]
Read moreSolomon launches GoFundMe campaign for #Justice
Blacks are 2.5 times more likely than whites to be shot and killed by police. In recent [...]
Read moreJones: Henon works for whom – voters who elected him or union that pays him?
THE INHERENT conflicts of interest between Philadelphia's union bosses and political figures were brought sharply into focus [...]
Read more‘You can’t take the black vote for granted’
IT WAS DAY ONE of the Democratic National Convention, and liberal icon Rev. Al Sharpton stood with [...]
Read moreWest Point cadets. Black pride. Not politics.
THE ONLINE backlash against 16 black female West Point cadets who took a raised-fist photo in uniform [...]
Read moreHillary Clinton Exclusive Interview
I spoke with Democratic Presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton in a one-on-one interview on my radio show on [...]
Read moreStop calling Donald Trump un-American
STOP CALLING Donald Trump un-American. Like baseball and apple pie, he is synonymous with our country. To say [...]
Read moreEconomic recovery or gentrification?
The City of Philadelphia's 10-year tax abatement on new construction has led to the gentrification of our most [...]
Read moreTime to audit the Philadelphia School District
For months, I've advocated for detailed annual audits of the nearly $3 billion the Philadelphia School District [...]
Read moreGOP and Trump: You reap what you sow
When Republican front-runner Donald Trump stretched his considerable lead by winning the Louisiana presidential primary, I realized [...]
Read moreBlack voters must demand more of Clinton and Sanders
The pitched battle being waged by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to win the support of South [...]
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