Opinion
Brian Sims: Mike Pence’s Anti-LGBT Views Would Further Divide Us
This is an opinion piece by Pennsylvania Representative Brian Sims. “No Gays Allowed.” Governor Mike Pence proudly signed into law legislation that allowed business to […]
These DNC-Week Art-and-Politics Events Make a Real Statement
Let’s be honest, those painted donkeys parked around the city in advance of the Democratic Convention are colorful but make no statement, no demand. Well, […]
Bob Brady: Trump’s Bankruptcies Have Been Terrible for Philly and A.C.
This is an opinion column by U.S. Rep. Bob Brady. Donald Trump routinely touts his casinos in Atlantic City as an example of his skill as […]
What Hillary Clinton and the All-Female Ghostbusters Remake Have in Common
Right out of the gate, Ghostbusters — the original — seemed like a gambit. While the two leads had household-name charisma, wit and a deep catalogue of […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: We Made It Through the SEPTA Slowdown
Can we be frank? We thought this was going to be much, much worse, people.
The Hard Conversations We Need to Have to Stop Police Killings
Charles Hamilton Houston, the venerable stalwart of the Howard University School of Law and mentor of Justice Thurgood Marshall, famously remarked that a lawyer is […]
Five Big Ways Philly’s Not Ready to Show Off for the DNC
Thursday I got a press release from the Philadelphia DNC 2016 Host Committee announcing “the installation of its 57 fiberglass ‘Donkeys Around Town.’” My first thought […]
Why the Co-Owner of One of Philly’s Favorite Taquerias Was in Jail Yesterday
The simple story is this: Yesterday, for about an hour or so, the I-676 ramp at Vine street was blocked by a 13-year-old boy, a […]
Op-Ed: Justin Timberlake Isn’t a “Cultural Appropriator”
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writer Evon Burton.) During Sunday evening’s BET Awards, actor and Temple alum Jesse Williams accepted the […]
Justin Timberlake Basically Told Me All Lives Matter Last Night
Yes, I’m the guy who called out Justin Timberlake on Twitter. It all started Sunday night. I was watching the BET Awards and was beyond […]
After the Latest Freddie Gray Acquittal, All I Feel Is Numb
What more can you write, post, scream, cry, cuss and pontificate about after a while? At some point, there’s a leaden numbness that creeps into […]
Own a Firearm? Get a Goddamn Gun Lock
A 4-year-old girl died in North Philadelphia yesterday after a bullet exploded through her head. Think about the violence of that sentence for a second. […]
SCOTUS Deadlock on Obama’s Immigration Plan: Shameful and Wrong
One of my most vivid memories in recent years is of the evening of November 20th, 2014, when I was in an overcrowded South Philly eatery […]