The Root VideoThe Root VideoThe Glow Up and VSB Are Always Taking Charge, Because That's What Bosses DoFelice LeónTuesday 3:13PM
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Law EnforcementLaw EnforcementPhiladelphia Barber Wants Answers After Police Told Him to Stop Providing Free Haircuts to HomelessJay Connor4/18/19 9:38AM
PoliticsPoliticsTrump to Screen Controversial Anti-Abortion Film at White HouseDara Sharif4/10/19 7:00PM
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America's Blackest CityAmerica's Blackest CityPhiladelphia, Where Blackness TranscendsCharles D. Ellison2/14/19 1:33PM
The Root VideoThe Root VideoNorth Philly Residents Protest Realistic Toy Guns Being Sold in Their NeighborhoodJessica Moulite12/03/18 4:40PM
PoliticsPoliticsMeek Mill Working With Philadelphia 76ers Co-Owner To Reshape The Criminal Justice SystemMontana Couser7/25/18 11:39AM
MusicMusicJay-Z Rails Against Philadelphia and Its Mayor for 'Evicting' His Made In America FestivalAngela Helm7/18/18 8:40PM
Philly Rallies Behind Meek Mill as Rapper Awaits Judge’s Decision on Possible RetrialAshley Velez6/18/18 9:22PM
#FreeMeekMill: The Rapper Is Out of Jail but Still Trapped in a Corrupt Criminal-Justice SystemMonique Judge5/31/18 7:00PM
It Turns Out, That Cop-Calling Starbucks Manager Might Be the Beckiest Becky Who Ever BeckiedMichael Harriot5/11/18 7:00PM
Meek Mill Discusses His High-Profile Battle With Justice System: ‘This Happens to Minorities on a Daily Basis’Anne Branigin5/08/18 10:05AM
Michelle Obama Just Called Herself Our ‘Forever First Lady.’ No Other First Ladies Need ApplyAnne Branigin5/03/18 11:48AM
Black Men Arrested in Philly Starbucks Settle With City for $1 and Pledge of $200,000 for Young Entrepreneurs, Settle With Starbucks for Undisclosed AmountAnne Branigin5/02/18 3:10PM
Philadelphia’s Housing Authority Bought a High School: What Does That Mean for One of the City’s Poorest Neighborhoods?Kia Gregory5/02/18 9:30AM
Oh, Nooow Y’all Want to Boycott Starbucks? I Been Trying to Get Y’all to Do That for 15 Years!Panama Jackson4/17/18 11:19AM
