Opinion
OPINION: Where Are All You “Activists” When We Really Need You?
For anyone who professes to care about the issues black people face regarding policing, an important event in the relationship between the public and police […]
Bring Back the Fairmount Park Guard
When the neighbors in expensive homes near Fairmount Park’s Devil’s Pool recently complained of trash, debris, and decadent behavior from the many visitors to Philadelphia’s […]
Seattle Will Now Be Taxing Its Rich. Should Philly Be Doing the Same?
Looks like the city of Seattle’s at it again. Despite a recent independent study conducted by the University of Washington that found that the city’s […]
OPINION: “Philadelphia Assembled” Is No Template for a Modern City
If the times were a-changing in the 1960s, the cosmic speedometer has so accelerated that the times have already been transformed. I’m talking about “Philadelphia […]
It’s Time for Single-Payer Health Care
I frequently travel around the country meeting and speaking with business groups about issues affecting their companies. The business groups I speak to are located […]
OPINION: Pa. Democrats, Quit Blaming Stop-and-Go Stores and Fault Yourselves
Welcome to Prohibition Philadelphia, 2017: the town where Democrats apparently still believe — almost 90 years after American gangster and black-market-liquor entrepreneur Al Capone did […]
OPINION: Why I’m Giving Up on “Allies”
During this tumultuous political climate, no quote resonates with me more than this one from the late Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver: “There is […]
OPINION: The Black Community Should Take No Joy in Bill Cosby’s Mistrial
In 2004, comedian Bill Cosby was honored by the NAACP as part of its 50th-anniversary celebration of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. […]
Christine Flowers: Bill Cosby = Cliff Huxtable, So He Can’t Possibly Be Guilty
It is never easy to learn that a long-held belief is incorrect. Bill Cosby’s trial has forced America into a collective state of cognitive dissonance […]
OPINION: Philly’s Soda Tax Is Shaping Up to Be an Epic Flop
It’s been six months since the city’s soda tax (or, more accurately, the sugary beverage tax) was implemented — and it’s off to a rocky […]
You Know Who’s Not Working This Summer? Teenagers.
Teenagers are not working like they used to. New data shows that the number of teens with a job while in still in school has […]
A Celebration of Resilience in a Changed Neighborhood
The neighborhood surrounding the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South Street has been named and renamed a few times over the years. Southwest Center […]
Don’t Be Surprised If Bill Cosby Ends Up Walking
Flanked by one of his television daughters (a calculated move, no doubt), Bill Cosby flashed that trademark “I know something you don’t know” grin that […]