Haverford College Students:* 1,318 Location: Haverford Students routinely describe the liberal arts school as an intimate (“really small”) school where everybody knows everybody. The school’s […]
Cami Potter first spotted a professional party pooper in September. She’d just finished another excruciatingly long week at the University of Pennsylvania. The 21-year-old senior, […]
My husband Doug and I were watching the halftime show of a nationally televised Sixers game when he squinted at the screen. “Who’s that on […]
It’s a good problem to have, all the experts tell me. A symbol of our growth and vitality. A sign of just how hot our […]
Not long ago, a friend of mine asked me what the best day of my life was. We were sitting on the banks of the […]
“It’s not what you know that gets you in trouble. It’s what you know that’s just not so.” That’s how Reggie Bryant would end every […]
When I was born 50 years ago, a young Bennie Swans had already joined the pitched battle for the souls of Philadelphia’s Black folks. His […]
From listening to my parents and grandparents wax eloquent about him decades ago, to reading the glowing local newspaper articles about him, to eventually working […]
“Have you met Michael?” Longtime activist Tyrone Smith asked me this back in 2016 as I was writing about acts of racial discrimination in the […]
It’s important to understand that I’m not a native Philadelphian. I was born and raised in a Midwestern city where Black people were supposed to […]
