Whitney Roberts is a Philadelphia writer, podcaster, and content creator featured by the NAACP, Wired, NBC, and more. She contributes to outlets like TheRoot and NPR, amplifying diverse voices and stories.
Some may call it revenge from two years ago when the Birds faced off against the Chiefs and lost. Some are calling it an underdog to top dog story. Here in the City of Brotherly Love, we call it a victory for a City that has recently been through so much.
On Friday, January 31st, a medical evacuation jet crashed in the Northeast neighborhood of Philadelphia. The crash left a child patient, her mother, four others aboard the plane as well as one victim on the ground dead.
Ok, y’all, bring it in. It’s time for a pep-talk, Black History Month edition.
The Philadelphia Film Society is hosting Black Cinema Week. As part of their Curated Film Series, the Philadelphia Film Society will be showing a selection of Black films with the theme “Black 90s”.
It’s official. The Philadelphia Eagles are heading back to the Super Bowl. The Birds beat the Washington Commanders 55 to 23, which earned them not only a rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs at the big dance, but also the title of NFC Champions.
How many Black owned social media apps are on your device right now? Many of us are using social every day and are missing out on some of the safest, most thoughtful, wont steal your data or allow disinformation on their platforms apps around.
Philadelphia played a pivotal part for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From his formative education to coalition building with the areas most influential voices and organizations to an encounter that would change his life, Philadelphia is one of the central places to the story of Dr. King.
Sadie’s life is a life of being the first. In 1921, she became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Economics in the United States.
Disaster preparedness feels like an oxymoron. After all, how exactly can we truly prepare for disasters? But as we’ve seen from the Los Angeles fires, the need to make preparations for the unthinkable can be the difference between life and death.
A few of the text messages allegedly came from devices using the TextNow messaging service, a provider that lets users create free phone numbers to text. The provider is said to be cooperating with authorities.
Doechii is having a dream 2024. After a major performance with Tyler The Creator during his two-day festival, Camp Flog Gnaw, Doechii’s name and presence are being felt across the culture as her star continues to rise.
Their annual Thanksgiving meal giveaway became so popular, that cars arrived early in the morning, several hours before the giveaway would begin, filling up the parking lot and lining up in the streets surrounding Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.
“We don’t need permission to tell our stories.” Dr. Ayana Hardaway’s words reverberated through the gathering. The Philly-born Black feminist scholar launched her book, “From Crack Mother to Wild Flower: Writing to Transgress: The Sankofa Writing Method”
“I'm way too important I'm way too important I'm way too important to ever let you slide on me again.”
Yolande Cordelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr, better known as Nikki Giovanni died on December 9th. She was 81 years old. More than a writer, a poet, and a professor, Nikki Giovanni spoke and wrote for generations of Black folk, but especially Black women.