It was the day after Christmas 2012, and Robert Long was out of options. The New Jersey native [...]
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For governor, Solomon Jones endorses Tom
TODAY IS Election Day, or as I like to call it - Tom and Tom Tuesday. That's [...]
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Corbett uses Mumia as political pawn
I'VE NEVER BEEN emotionally invested in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the radio journalist convicted for the murder [...]
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Are you ready for your close-up, LaVeta?
WHEN FELLOW Daily News columnist Jenice Armstrong appeared on my radio show to say that a "Real [...]
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No need to be angry, Solomon says chill out
I OFTEN WONDER why Americans are so angry. From road rage to wife beaters, reality shows to [...]
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Solomon rebels against Made In America
IF THIS weekend's Made In America festival proved one thing, it showed that not much is made [...]
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Mo’Ne Davis for governor
RIGHT NOW, at least in Philadelphia, people who would normally get really mad if you told them [...]
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Keisha Williams is at peace. We are not
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, a carjacked vehicle spun out of control and struck Keisha Williams, three of her children [...]
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Charges filed in deadly carjacking: Now what?
UPDATE: SUSPECTS CHARGED JONATHAN ROSA and CORNELIUS CRAWFORD, who allegedly carjacked, robbed, and sexually assaulted a female realtor at [...]
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Don’t blame Nicki Minaj. Blame parents
A COUPLE of days ago, I read a story on Philly.com talking about an investigation Mayor Michael [...]
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Independence from Nicki Minaj
INDEPENDENCE DAY should have served as relief from a year in which our children suffered terribly. It should have been [...]
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One father’s imperfect Philadelphia story
NEARLY TWO years ago when I began writing "The Philadelphia Experiment," I was determined to find the good [...]
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