District Attorney Larry Krasner has a mixed record.
Opinion
President Joe Biden is very unpopular right now, and that's prompting prominent Democrats to increasingly complain that he is damaging the who…
1. Take every opportunity to tell your fellow hoopers exactly how old you are
A new video shows footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, while a gunman c…
As news of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination spread, tributes gushed forth from the social media accounts and websites…
In mid-June the Federal Reserve, nation’s central bank, raised interest rates in hopes of curbing rising inflation and deterring a full-blown …
Gov. Tom Wolf was right to reject a bill on poll watchers passed Friday by the Republican majority Legislature.
“I have a basic question that I ask related to policy making and leadership, and that basic question is, is it good for the children? Is it go…
The former Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 withdrew from the police force of a small Pennsylvania …
America's Independence Day this year was marred by a shocking, if now darkly common, tragedy: A shooter killed at least six people and injured…
Irv Randolph
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively struck down Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal protections for abortion care.
Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor, says he wants to wipe the state’s voter rolls clean and make everyone re-reg… Read more
This latest school tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which killed at least 19 students and two teachers, has played out too … Read more
As the opening lyrics say in "No Bad News" from the stage play and movie "The Wiz": Read more
We’ve heard just about every excuse imaginable for not voting: Read more
A statewide court said last Friday that Pennsylvania’s two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans. Read more
Sharon Hill Council voted Thursday to fire three police officers days after charges were recommended over accusations they fired their weapons… Read more
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family will honor the late civil rights leader on Monday by demanding action on federal voting rights legislation. Read more
Michael Coard
James “Simmie” Lambert Jr. was an impeccably stylish 73-year-old grandfather innocently minding his own business in North Philly near 21st and Cecil B. Moore Avenue on June 24 when, as police reported, he was taunted, stalked, and attacked by seven children – one as young as ten. He died the…
If the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday was correct in quoting and correct in interpreting City Council President Darrell Clarke, all Philly ci… Read more
This is volume 15 of my monthly column entitled Black Dollars Matter. As I point out each month, this column is generally designed to compel P… Read more
America is racist in 2022 because it was founded on racism in 1776. Read more
While writing this week’s article, I found out that the misogynistic and theocratic majority in the U.S. Supreme Court overturned about 50 yea… Read more
Anybody who knows anything about American history knows that 157 years ago on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, 250,000 formerly enslaved Bl… Read more
When that white judge ordered a Black mother to publicly and brutally whip her own child near the courthouse grounds, that didn’t happen in th… Read more
This is Volume 14 of my monthly column entitled Black Dollars Matter. As I point out each month, this column is generally designed to compel P… Read more
Alonzo Kittrels' Back in the Day
The image of my father seated at the kitchen table with a large bowl of oatmeal, doused with evaporated milk, covered with lots of sugar and t… Read more
You must be paying attention to the reports regarding the difficulty companies are having in filling job openings. The reports on television, … Read more
A number of my friends are in the market for an automobile. Perhaps you are too! If so, you know that the pickings are slim. In cases where th… Read more
Season 3 of "American Gangster" has returned to BET+, this time with Trap Queens. Read more
When the month of June begins, my thoughts turn to Father’s Day, a day with an interesting history. If you search the Internet, you will learn… Read more
Drake surprised followers Thursday with news that new music was coming and so it did. Read more
Daryl Bell
Just three seasons ago, the Philadelphia Eagles were the toast of the National Football League. They had defeated the New England Patriots 41-…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should levy a hefty fine against the Philadelphia Eagles for their disgraceful performance in the season finale…
The Frog is angry.
I have a dream. It’s the kind of dream that will make many people in the Keystone State happy. It’s also the kind of dream that can start a ci…
Don’t blink but there’s something going on in Cleveland.
With the tenacity of a boxer, the mindset of a chess master, and the determination of a distance runner, Mark "Frog" Carfagno has developed a …
They've been decimated by injury. They've been beleaguered by poor play calling. They've been bemoaned by uninspired play.
Glenn Ellis
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed much of life as we know it. It’s also changed our perceptions of mortality. The last year and a half has witnessed a steady parade of death and devastation from across our country. So far, the pandemic has claimed about 723,000 lives here in the United State…
Republicans who back Shapiro are choosing sane politics over extremism