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Osage Outrage

May 11, 2022 Carolyn Fillmore 0

Looking back on the MOVE tragedy in a riveting documentary [more…]

37 Years in the Darkest of Holes: Part 1

March 16, 2022 Cory Clark 0

No matter what you think about someone’s guilt or innocence, the type of crime, or any other excuses you can come up with, solitary confinement is torture, end of story. The mental and physical health [more…]

Growing Up in Power

March 2, 2022 Cory Clark 2

Recently I had been listening to a podcast put together by Trymaine Lee called Reconstructed as part of his main podcast Into America, and I was captivated by the power and perseverance of black resistance [more…]

A Christmas Miracle or Betrayal of Unhoused Philadelphians?

December 30, 2021 Cory Clark 0

Just days before Christmas and days after the unhoused community memorialized 400 of their kindred who died this past year, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (P.H.A.) turned over the first 7 of a promised 59 houses, [more…]

Injustice Is Blind

June 19, 2021 Cory Clark 6

A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals. [more…]

Cop on Pop

June 15, 2021 Lorenzo Woodson 1

How mass incarceration derails Black fatherhood [more…]

Toward Justice

March 14, 2021 Cory Clark 0

Reform, Defund, Abolish the Police: What Does it all Mean Republicans want you to believe that any sort of reform to policing will mean that armed gangs of thugs will take over your neighborhood. The [more…]