Dec 31
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It appears that for years and even decades the Philadelphia criminal justice system has shown a pattern of locking…
Dec 17
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Listen: Stories about Black men spending years and even decades behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit are never…
Nov 19
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Colin Kaepernick Revives Calls for Release of Mumia Abu-Jamal: 'Mumia's Life and Legacy Must Matter'
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For nearly 40 years, Mumia Abu-Jamal has been imprisoned for a crime he says he didn’t commit. On Monday, prison…
Nov 9
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While there has been plenty of hand-wringing by elected officials about efforts to defund and reform the police,…
Nov 8
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Surprising no one, Donald Trump is refusing to accept the results of the election that has made him a one term…
Nov 8
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris strode out to deliver a victory speech on Saturday night with the powerful…
Nov 5
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On Wednesday, Philadelphia police released body camera footage that shows what happened in the moments leading up to…
Nov 2
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Two poll challengers—one wearing a Halloween mask, the other refusing to wear her face mask properly—were kicked out…
Oct 30
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If the events of the current year haven’t driven the point home, cops are fucking trash. They’re also fucking liars.…
Oct 28
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Philadelphians turned out for the second night of protests on Tuesday night in the wake of the fatal police shooting…
Oct 14
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In news that is absolutely shocking to no one, a study has found that Black cops are more likely to be disciplined…
Sep 30
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On Monday, a 29-year-old Black trans woman was fatally shot in Philadelphia, and city officials have called the…
Jul 8
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DeSean Jackson, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, stoked plenty of deserved outrage over the weekend when…
Jun 24
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Pennsylvania’s highest court has decided to give Bill Cosby another chance, about 6 months after his initial appeal…
Jun 22
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From the moment Jill Scott hit the scene nationally in 2000, she was a force. While she got dropped into the…
Jun 16
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White foolery caught on camera is costing white people their jobs, and apparently, many of them have not caught on…
Jun 3
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Frank Rizzo was a truly awful human being. As police commissioner and later mayor of Philadelphia through the ’70s,…
Jun 2
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Nationwide protests calling for the valuing of black lives have filled our news feeds with stories of chaos and…
May 13
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On May 13, 1985, two bombs were dropped from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter onto a residential building in a…
May 10
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Incense was burning, Crown Royal was ready for the sipping, and even our forever first lady Michelle Obama was…