Herschel Walker is an abomination of a civics lesson. But he is more than that. He is an affront. His is the politics of disrespect.
Opinion
The rate of suicide among teens in the Caribbean has been extremely low over the years. Most young people were isolated to their small towns w…
Just one week after formally announcing his 2024 White House bid, former President Donald Trump dined at Mar-a-Lago with Kanye West, who recen…
Former President Donald Trump dined last week with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
When filmmaker-activist Michael Moore, a Democrat, went against the conventional wisdom that was expecting a Republican “red wave” sweeping th…
As I’m writing this, Kyrie Irving just returned from an eight-game suspension from the Brooklyn Nets for being “unfit to be associated” with t…
Are you familiar with the Inter-American Foundation (IAF)? We did not know anything about the organization until we spoke with Lisa K. Soares,…
The U.S. must take urgent action to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession at a remote Russia…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is probably precisely what Democrats need in America’s brutal political civil war, where most Republicans beh…
A lot of good news came out of this month’s elections—and enough bad news to remind us that we can never let our guard down when freedom and d…
Irv Randolph
At 37 and nine weeks pregnant, LaTasha Seliby Perkins was prepared to hear about how she was at higher risk for complications in childbirth.
There have been almost 500 gun-related domestic violence fatalities this year in the United States. There are 10 million people a year physica… Read moreEditorial: Prioritize funding for survivors of domestic violence
Powerful. Intense. Passionate. Resilient. Gritty. Read moreEditorial: Serena Williams is ready to 'evolve,' not retire
Food insecurity in the U.S.? How can anyone go hungry in a nation as rich as ours? Read moreEditorial: There should not be food insecurity in 2022
A Philadelphia mortgage lender owned by Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $24 million to resolve lending discrimination claims in three sta… Read moreEditorial: Million-dollar redlining settlement is just the beginning
Our nation has lost yet another sports great over the weekend in Bill Russell. He was not only an exemplary NBA player, but the first Black co… Read moreEditorial: Russell loomed large, on and off court
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively struck down Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal protections for abortion care. Read moreEditorial: The last line of defense against antiabortion legislation in Pennsylvania
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 moreMastriano’s plan would hurt Pa voters
Michael Coard
Africatown logo, left, Voffee Jabateh, CEO of African Cultural Alliance of North America/ACANA, right. — ACANA
This is volume 20 of my monthly column entitled Black Dollars Matter. As I point out each month, this column is generally designed to compel P… Read morePhilly's Africatown could be resurrection of Tulsa's 'Black Wall Street'
On Dec. 6, it will be exactly 157 years ago to the day that the 13th Amendment was ratified by the states, thereby becoming law of the land in… Read more13th Amendment didn't really end slavery, but really did fuel mass incarceration
There is obviously nothing wrong with Black families coming together on any day to enjoy each others’ company. But there is obviously a lot wr… Read moreCoard: Thanksgiving celebrates racist genocide
Team photo of the 1906 Philadelphia Giants, who followed in the footsteps of the co-founder of the Pythians, Octavius Catto. The Giants, the W… Read more2a coard
This is volume 19 of my monthly column entitled Black Dollars Matter. As I point out each month, this column is generally designed to compel P… Read moreCoard: I wanna root for the Phillies but … racism
Be afraid. Be very afraid. And then vote. Read moreCoard: 10 reasons Blacks must vote!
Racist Americans used the “Slave” Codes to make it illegal for enslaved Blacks to vote. Racist Americans used the Black Codes and Jim Crow law… Read moreCoard: Racist Republicans arrest innocent Black voters
Alonzo Kittrels' Back in the Day
Like most of you, I observed Thanksgiving this past Thursday. But this Thanksgiving, like Thanksgivings over the past thirty years, was quite … Read moreBack in the Day: Thanksgiving was something to be thankful for
I was changing a burned out light bub in my dining room breakfront last week when my eyes became fixated on an ashtray that brought back fond … Read moreBack in the Day: One man's trash is another man's treasure
Fact, fiction or downright false, one thing is for sure, urban legends are fascinating. They cause you to think, and result in many arguments.… Read moreBack in the day: Black urban legends made us think
The Philadelphia Tribune and other media outlets have addressed the absence of American-born Blacks in this year’s World Series. Read moreBack in the Day: Where are the Black players in baseball?
Tomorrow is Halloween! For me, no memory of Halloween can escape the pig; no, not a real pig but a costume that my mother made for me when I w… Read moreBack in the Day: Halloween was spook-tacular
As I move further into the fourth quarter of my life, I find myself responding more often to those that greet me with the saying “lt’s good to… Read moreBack in the Day: Remember those special friendships that formed back in the day
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…
Choices at a table of plenty