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If you want to understand what’s happening in Germantown—not just what’s being built or debated, but what’s being remembered, grieved, celebrated, and imagined—you talk to Rasheed Ajamu.
Philadelphia stands at a crossroads. Mayor Cherelle Parker’s newly unveiled housing initiative—called H.O.M.E.—is her boldest effort yet to address the city’s affordability crisis.
Everything costs more these days—eggs, rent, gas, even snacks from the corner store.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners features female-led performances exploring Black women’s sexuality, inviting audiences to rethink love, desire, and societal judgment.
Antonio Wooten refuses to lose our recipes. Wooten chooses boldly to hold the culture close by amplifying our multi-dimensional heritages through food during a time when Black culture faces erasure, upticks in hatred, and attacks on our history.
There has been a lot of “talk” around Harriet Tubman lately. After several videos went viral doubting not only the work of Harriet Tubman, who rescued hundreds of people from human trafficking known as enslavement , but also the very existence of Tubman, herself. Yes, for real.
On Memorial Day, Fairmount Park should have been a quiet refuge. Instead, it became a crime scene.
As we entered into the second sun-soaked day during the 17th Annual Roots Picnic festival, a familiar brass blast echoed across The Mann’s Presser Stage. But, it wasn’t just any band warming up the crowd for soundcheck—it was Snacktime, Philadelphia’s own R&B-funk collective
I honestly have no idea where I would be without my bros. Though I now have productive and rewarding brotherhoods and connections with other Black men, it hasn’t always been that way.
Vernon Jordan III—who also goes by Moonflower—doesn’t just make films. They build portals.
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” touted benefits for first-time homebuyers, but critics question its impact on working-class and Black families.
Everyone should agree that our community should be safe, that the people within our community deserve “safety” in every sense of the word. It’s something we want for our families, our friends, for our elders, for our children, for ourselves.
Roots Picnic is mere days away and you can already feel the excitement throughout the city. Right now, folks are getting their plans together and that includes a good fit. While Roots is well known for great music, the music festival is also known for its unique fashion.
When Robert Carter picks up a camera, it’s not just to document—it’s to imagine. To expand. To conjure Black possibility into something tangible.