Harry Belafonte—the civil rights activist who’s best known for singing “The Banana Boat Song”—recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he thinks Bruce Springsteen is black. […]

A three-story building in Philly’s Port Richmond section collapsed late Wednesday morning. The building’s front on the 1800 block of E. Westmoreland Street was all […]

Three organizations, on Wednesday, delivered petitions with 80,000 signatures to HarperCollins urging the publishing company to cut ties with Chick-fil-A in wake of the anti […]

Miley Cyrus’ Dog Poops Diamonds. For reals. Ziggy—her English bulldog that made the trip to Philly—apparently ate a bunch of Miley’s diamonds and then pooped […]

Joanna Mastronardo—the daughter of former Philly Mayor Frank Rizzo—has been charged in a federal bookmaking case along with 15 others. The case revolves around what […]

The Philadelphia Police Department has made a point of attempting to crack the city’s “stop snitching” culture by making it easier for people to submit […]

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey—as a part of the 29th annual National Night Out—took over the PPD’s Twitter handle, @PhillyPolice, to update everyone on his evening […]

You know that video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doin’ her damn thang that you never asked for? Well, it finally arrived thanks to […]

This month is the 51st installment of the festival, and you’ve been there since the beginning. What do you remember about the first one? Pete […]

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The latest Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times sing state poll shows that President Barack Obama holds leads in Virginia and Wisconsin while Mitt Romney is […]

I guess I have a thing about the last lines of Inquirer articles these days. Or maybe the Inky’s just getting a real handle on […]

A son comes out. A father disowns him.

He’s among the closing ceremony talent

A couple of weeks ago, my wife came to me and told me that the father of one of my son’s classmates from last year’s […]