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We had the pleasure of speaking with actor and theatremaker Keith Hamilton Cobb about his acclaimed play, American Moor, which recently concluded its successful extended run at Philly's Lantern Theatre.
Philadelphia City Council held its first hearing following the Trump administration’s inundation of executive orders.
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.
Destiny Crockett is a scholar, artist, and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University, blending Black feminist theory, visual art, and poetry.
On his first day back in the White House, Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of executive orders designed to undo years of progress.
At the heart of Gabardine is Gaines’s philosophy that poetry is the essence of all art and that writing, film, and acting are not separate entities but interwoven languages used to express that essence threads that together shape his artistic lens.
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.
Whoever said the only time you can make a change is on January 1 was misinformed.
Living Philly means we are surrounded by brilliant, innovative, and unique creatives. That is true for every medium, specifically ceramics.
Philadelphia woke up this weekend with a stark reminder of how billionaire developers see the city: a big chessboard on which they capture real estate and toy with local politicians.
It’s no secret that the city of Philadelphia is known to be a hotbed for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Quite frankly, it has been discussed, dissected, and documented for years, and still, the STI rates in Philly show no signs of coming down.
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.
Growing up in the Philly projects, the lack of resources stifled a precocious Dupree. This prompted Dupree to move with his grandparents, providing him access to higher-quality education and opportunities.
Although New York City has been considering the idea for years, its current momentum underlines a national shift in how we might rethink our car-first policies.