MOVE Bombing
The MOVE Bombing: An Oral History
THE MOVE BOMBING. It was a standoff years in the making at 6221 Osage Avenue — the headquarters of a group called MOVE. The neighbors […]
Ten Years After Oprah Book Pick, Philly’s Ayana Mathis Is Back
In 2012, Germantown native Ayana Mathis suddenly found herself thrust into the spotlight when Oprah Winfrey singled out her debut novel for the famous book […]
Nauseating John Waters Compares His Movie to the MOVE Bombing
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Philadelphia Owes the MOVE Survivors Reparations, Not Just An Apology
On the 36th anniversary of the tragic MOVE bombing — a city-authorized bombing and burning of a Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia that killed 11 people, […]
I Fear the Parkway Encampment Crisis Could End Up Like the MOVE Bombing
In some ways, 2020 is starting to feel like 1985. Right now, a group of vulnerable and displaced people is actively defying the city’s demand […]