By now, the news that Simone Biles has won another championship and has gained two new skills named after her is about as surprising as the news that a competition occurred.
Opinion
Getting up in age can negatively impact one’s lifestyle; a topic addressed in several previous columns.
Monday, October 14 is Columbus Day this year. If you celebrate Christopher Columbus (born Cristofor Colombo) on that day or any other day, you…
Philadelphia City Council has approved legislation that mandates the city’s Department of Finance disclose how much the city has paid to settl…
The arrest on Thursday of two associates of Rudy Giuliani on campaign finance charges has people asking the obvious question: What does this m…
While polls suggest Joe Biden leads among Black voters, please read the fine print. Although Barack Obama’s vice president touts his African-A…
In a Penn Township, Westmoreland County, precinct, a woman stood confused as she looked at her ballot.
Now that the Gabe Kapler experiment is over, it's time for the Philadelphia Phillies to give some serious thought to naming their first Africa…
As President Donald Trump faces an impeachment inquiry, he is openly declaring war on a co-equal branch of government.
The American calendar is filled with days, weeks and months set aside to draw attention to a wide variety of worthy causes and issues. Often s…
Michael Coard
Monday, October 14 is Columbus Day this year. If you celebrate Christopher Columbus (born Cristofor Colombo) on that day or any other day, you are a celebrator of racist genocide, massive land robbery, barbaric slavery, child/adult serial rape, and systemic torture. And I can prove it. But f…
I gotta be honest. As a Black person, I almost threw up when I saw Botham Jean’s Black brother and the Black trial judge lovingly hug — and a … Read more
About a week ago on September 20 and 23, two local newspapers published articles written by white reporters about two lawsuits filed by white … Read more
On July 17, 2015 in my Tribune column, I proposed some solutions to ending police brutality and corruption in Philadelphia, starting with the … Read more
George W. McLaurin was born exactly 132 years ago on September 16, 1887. He’s the Black man who made history when he won a landmark civil righ… Read more
At an Aug. 14 press conference with NFL owner Roger Goodell, Jay-Z, while discussing his Roc Nation collaboration with the world’s richest spo… Read more
A few days ago on August 27, 12 years after Meek Mill (born Robert Rihmeek Williams) was arrested on gun and drug charges, justice was finally… Read more
In today’s column, I will prove to you with the following three facts that the history of Black folks didn’t begin with slavery and that our h… Read more
John Mitchell
There are certain things in the interview process that are absolute no-nos; things so egregious that they absolutely destroy any chance that a prospective candidate should have at getting the job in question.
I witnessed something in the last week that really took me aback; something that I should not be surprised to see, considering the times we li… Read more
As I have watched the unfolding saga of NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown play out, the name that comes to mind, over and over again, is Bigger Thomas. Read more
The stories that came up on Monday when I Googled the name of award-winning journalist Jemele Hill did not surprise me. Read more
If you saw one of those “breaking news” chyrons that cable news runs across the bottom of your television saying that six people had been shot… Read more
As the Philadelphia-area church congregation sang the hymn “Near the Cross” this past Sunday, I’m sure that most in attendance, as I was, were… Read more
Recent events say less about President Donald Trump and more, sadly, about America. Read more
One can only venture a guess how President Donald Trump’s xenophobic tweets directed at four freshman congresswomen of color over the weekend … Read more
Alonzo Kittrels' Back in the Day
Like many of you, I was told things as a child that I had no reason to question. I accepted without question things said by my mother, father,… Read more
I was chatting with a friend early last week and told him that I was behind in having my thoughts organized for today’s column. He reminded me… Read more
If you have not noticed, let me suggest that you take a peep at the calendar. You will see what some of my colleagues have been saying to me; … Read more
I know that many of you have observed parents holding their child’s hand while waiting, on a street corner, to cross the street. If so, I susp… Read more
A few weeks ago, I heard a report on the news that June was the hottest month for Earth since records were initiated in 1880. Read more
This week, I shall join with thousands of my Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. for its 84th Grand Chapter meeting for our 2019 Concl… Read more
Some folk who “think” that they know me, label me as cheap. I can only conclude that this label has been assigned to me because of my propensi… Read more
Some of you may have read my column last week. If so, you may recall that the focus was on how listening skills have diminished today in compa… Read more
You have undoubtedly told someone or have heard another person say, “What is said to you, goes in one ear and out the other.” Read more
Last week I was engaged in a telephone conversation with a close friend regarding No. 45’s contradictory foreign policy stances. We focused on… Read more
As I move further into my twilight years, I often find myself reflecting on the challenging times of my life; but my main focus is on the good times. Read more
In preparation for writing today’s column, I read all of the Father’s Day columns that I have written over the years to avoid repeating though… Read more
A few weeks ago, I was in my old West Philadelphia neighborhood attending the funeral of a fraternity member. I made it a point to drive down … Read more
Last week, I received an email on a subject that caught my attention: “20 Outdated Occupations That Have Bitten the Dust.” Read more
Watching television, listening to the radio or reading newspapers today has made us aware of the recent measles outbreak. If you grew up prior… Read more
I regularly receive text messages with sayings that I do not understand. I suspect that some of you find yourselves in similar situations. Read more
This is the year 2019 and not 1959. Clearly, much has changed during these 60 years. Read more
In my column of this past Easter Sunday, I highlighted some of the things that many of us did growing up in the 1950s and 1960s to celebrate t… Read more
While I have penned many memories of Penn Relays in past columns, today I am highlighting some of my favorite recollections of the Penn Relays. Read more
Regular readers of my column recognize that I make every effort to highlight memories of holidays on or around the time they fall on the calen… Read more
I was sitting around reflecting on fond memories of my days at Martha Washington Elementary School, at 44th and Aspen streets in West Philadel… Read more
I would imagine that there are a lot of things that occurred when you were very young for which you have only a vague knowledge of the details. Read more
Let us go back in time, to the ‘50s or ‘60s when you might have been 10, 12 or 15 years old. Do you have memories of how you obtained a few pe… Read more
Today, you can very easily communicate with others, if you have the need or the desire. Read more
Daryl Bell
Now that the Gabe Kapler experiment is over, it's time for the Philadelphia Phillies to give some serious thought to naming their first African-American manager.
Like a snowball rolling down a hill, a drive to get the late Johnny Sample enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is gaining momentum. A l… Read more
Everything is looking great for Geoff Arnold. He’s now officially the new assistant men’s basketball coach at Rider University and he’s lookin… Read more
Mike Scott you’re doing it all wrong. Read more
The National Football League is in celebration mode. Its 100th season began Thursday night with a commemorative centennial logo, lots of expec… Read more
There’s no crying in baseball. Read more
There was a time when bragging rights in basketball centered on the competitive feud between Philadelphia and New York City. Read more
Glenn Ellis
As summer becomes a faint memory for most of us, winter is just around the corner. This year’s Farmer’s Almanac has a sobering forecast for winter 2019-2020: “Get ready for shivers, snowflakes and slush! Big chills and strong storms will bring heavy rain and sleet, not to mention piles of snow!”
Caribbean Currents
UNITED NATIONS — As the Bahamas strives to recover from Hurricane Dorian, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis appealed to world leaders Friday to tackle climate change — and encouraged travelers to visit to help the country rebuild.
Michael Coard 2018 Archives
- Coard: Put Some 'Respek' on Black Women's Names
- Coard: Demand Change With Outlandish Judge
- Coard: Renaming a street after W. Wilson Goode is a bad idea
- Coard: Negro, please! Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas
- Coard: 187th anniversary of Nat Turner's rebellion
- Coard: Philly's ties to birth of slavery 399 years ago
- Coard: Criminal Law Procedure 101- Nat Turner School of Law
- Coard: Ten things to know about the Michael White case
- Coard: Racist, sexist, fascist Trump also a traitor
- Coard: “Operation Wetback”: America's Worst Mass Deportation
- Coard: Last slave ship docked 158 years ago
- Coard: My rebuttal to council’s rebuttal
- Coard: Kidnapping kids is so very American
- Coard: Is Council pimped out to racist labor unions?
- Coard: Will Abolition Hall and area be abolished?
- Coard: New law to predict future Black criminality
- Coard: Does NFL Mean “Negroes For Lease?”
- Coard: Philly's Jim Crow: Unions Still Laboring For Racism
- Michael Coard: Vote or Die: May Primary Endorsements
- Coard: Happy 50th Birthday to The Last Poets
- Coard: Cosby probably wishes ”Shaniqua” was on jury
- Coard: Black Coffee + Black People = Black Power
- Coard: Happy 87th birthday to the late Hardy Williams
- Coard: King Leopold: Twice the monster Hitler was
- Coard: Happy 69th Birthday, Brother Gil Scott-Heron
- Coard: Temple's proposed stadium - Black friend or white foe?
- Coard: Ota Benga, an African, caged in American Zoos
- Coard: America's 12 Slaveholding Presidents
- Coard: President Thomas Jefferson: A Pedophile Rapist
- Coard: George Washington's teeth not from wood but slaves
- Coard: America, NRA, and Congress guilty in mass shootings
- 40th Anniversary of Cheyney's Basketball Championship
- Black history: We did it ... they hid it
- Coard: Black History 'Month' must be daily, not yearly
- Coard: Happy birthday to the greatest pro-Black revolutionary bibliophile
- Coard: Happy birthday to America's greatest white lawyer
- Coard: We got Krasner in and we got his back
- Coard: Four things you didn't know about Watch Night
- Coard: Looking for a Black b---h on the judicial bench
- Coard: Pa. proposes to 'predict' Black criminality
- Coard: Black, white Philly sistahs help abolish slavery
- Coard: CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill for seeking Palestinian justice
- Coard: Cheyney keeps accreditation again
- Coard: Know Thanksgiving instead of celebrating it
- Coard: Non-voting Blacks get no thanks, deserve no benefits
- Coard: Vote Democrat or Die- Election Endorsements
- Standing on the Shoulders: The Black Philadelphia Lawyer
- Coard: Tuskegee syphilis study’s Black ‘guinea pigs’
- Coard: Non-voting Blacks commit suicidal lynchings
- Coard: Celebrate Charles Bowser's 88th Birthday!
Back In The Day: Drinking can hurt more as you age
Alonzo Kittrels TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT