The start of a new year is always a time of reflection. As I enter my final year in office, I want the people of Pennsylvania to know that I continue to be deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve you as governor. It has been the greatest honor of my life, and I am proud of the progress …
Opinion
The death of Sidney Poitier marks the passing of an icon whose art touched millions of lives across generations and whose work helped break do…
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Chris…
(THE CONVERSATION) Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and tal…
As the U.K. was recovering from the first wave of the pandemic, 18-year-olds whose schooling was disrupted and who were about to experience si…
Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were justly sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying…
It’s one of the most popular pandemic myths: the one about all those millennial Americans who’ve supposedly hit the pause button in promising …
Political tribalism is tearing at America’s seams. The fabric binding our increasingly blue cities and suburbs with our increasingly red rural…
On Monday, Jan. 17, the nation will pause to honor the life of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The only Black American to be honored with…
There is no shortage of hard-to-believe elements about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year, but one of the things that may be …
Irv Randolph
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.
The Wolf administration is right to point out that having more Pennsylvanians vaccinated is the best strategy to fight COVID-19 and avoid shut… Read more
Several children were among the 12 people killed when a fire ripped through a rowhome in the Fairmount section of the city that apparently had… Read more
In the May 17 primary, Pennsylvania’s voters will pick their party’s nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat. Read more
Remote learning left millions of children feeling isolated and alone during the school year, and also led to difficulty in keeping up on their… Read more
When The Philadelphia Tribune started its “City in Crisis” series in mid-August examining gun violence there had been 320 homicides. As of Tue… Read more
It was January 1986 and it was the first U.S. observance of the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. And where was noted anti-apart… Read more
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection is right to request an interview and documents from Republican Rep. Scott P… Read more
Michael Coard
In a powerfully enlightening April 16, 2013, article entitled “How MLK Became an Angry Black Man,” CNN correspondent John Blake wrote that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 16, 1963, riveting and righteously indignant “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is “one of the most intimate snaps…
As documented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, none other than the great Frederick Douglass on Dec. 31, 1862, p… Read more
At the outset, I must concede that I cannot defend the indefensible. District Attorney Larry Krasner was completely wrong on Dec. 6 when, duri… Read more
Before I highlight the historic 11th anniversary of the Slavery Memorial/America’s First “White House” event that will take place on Dec. 15 i… Read more
An eyewitness wrote a letter to New York’s Crusader News Agency (CNA) shortly after the unimaginably horrific lynching of 23-year-old Matthew … Read more
When Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan targeted, stalked, chased, hunted down and murdered Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. … Read more
Exactly 400 years ago on Nov. 9, 1621 (or as early as Sept. 21 as some scholars believe) in Plymouth, Mass., Pilgrims from England supposedly … Read more
As a columnist, I do extensive research before expressing my opinion on any given topic. And based on my most recent research, it is my opinio… Read more
Alonzo Kittrels' Back in the Day
NEW YORK — The theatrical magic keeping Broadway going during the latest coronavirus surge has been the unheralded performers ready to step in… Read more
As we move into 2022, I shall highlight some of my favorite 2021 columns that reflected life, back in the day. Read more
“Maybe it’s much, too early in the game. Oh, but I thought I’d ask you just the same. What are you doing New Year’s, New (Year’s Eve?)” Read more
I once believed in Santa Claus. Looking back, it is hard to understand how I believed in some of the “okey dokey” associated with Jolly Old Sa… Read more
Last week, my column was devoted to Christmas cards. While writing that column, my thoughts turned to Christmas Trees, and, therefore, I decid… Read more
While it has been more than seventy years, it seems as though it was just yesterday. I can still see myself, sitting with my mother at our din… Read more
Daryl Bell
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.
Let’s stop drinking the spiked Kool-Aid and dreaming the impossible dream. The Philadelphia Eagles will not win Super Bowl LV at Raymond James…
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…
Urgent need for inclusive job, business growth in Philadelphia