Jan 28, 2021
Cover Story
Editorial Board
You could not have wiped the grin off my face if you had a Brillo pad.
It took only one day, one inauguration, for the shift between pessimism and optimism. Just one day to anticipate new opportunities, new possibilities. The skies opened…
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Commentary
Columnist
American needs a rational debate on a grand scale and it needs to have the people, all of the people, voting at every level.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey. Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
She is one of the new voices continuing the African American women’s literary tradition – blending writing with activism.
Amanda Gorman mesmerized a nation with her inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb.” The beauty of her presence and the power of her words captured a…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
The protests following the murder of George Floyd raised awareness of racial injustices rooted in an untaught history.
In Philadelphia and across the country, 2020 was a year of public awakening on issues of institutional racism and long-standing socioeconomic inequities plaguing Black people and…
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Commentary
Columnist
The lack of access to remote learning among the poorest students, who have mushroomed in number during the pandemic, is a challenge that has not yet effectively been dealt with.
In its first eight days, the Biden-Harris administration has moved quickly to undo some of the damage inflicted by the Trump administration upon the nation in…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
If anything, the word “amnesty” when used in relation to immigrants ought to be associated most directly with the GOP demigod, Ronald Reagan, whose signature on a sweeping immigration bill helped nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants.
On day one of his presidency, Joe Biden signed numerous executive orders to undo his predecessor’s “deeply inhumane” anti-immigrant policies. These included reversing the “Muslim ban,”…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
The victims’ commitment to the universality of their cause is what must sustain their undying longing and struggle for what is rightfully and inalienably theirs: justice, equality, full humanity and fairness.
You were not expected to aspire to excellence; you were expected to make peace with mediocrity – James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time A recurring theme,…
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Commentary
[I learned this hymn years ago. The words have been repeating in my head lately and I wanted to share them with you. I think of it not so much in Christian terms but rather in terms of civil religion, knowing that the next few weeks will provide the opportunity for our elected Senators to…
[I learned this hymn years ago. The words have been repeating in my head lately and I wanted to share them with you. I think of…
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