The Philadelphia Experiment Archive

When I heard that Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination was at risk due to accusations that he sexually assaulting a woman decades ago, I thought of Clarence Thomas

As our Philly students start a new school year, I know they feel like they have all the time in the world to fulfill their dreams. But I have 3 words for them: Life is short.

My youngest brother was a close friend of Kristian Marche, the two-sport star from Imhotep who was shot in the head before he could attend Penn State on a track scholarship.

Franklin's rendition of Respect spelled out what it meant to be black in America, to be a woman in this society, to be beautiful in a world that defined beauty as the polar op

We are all responsible for standing up for the sanctity of black lives. Because while so many of us are doing great work to sustain black lives, all of us have to do more.

I cannot help wondering why more of us did not spend 2016 engaging in the most peaceful protest of all – the vote.

The rash of videotaped incidents in which white people have called police on black people for trivial reasons has reached fever pitch.

Awards and accolades don't make as much of an impression as the simple joys of daily life

It’s almost Father’s Day, and my government has detained nearly 1,500 undocumented immigrant children — many forcibly separated fro ...

After failing to defeat poverty, drugs and terrorism, America has decided to fight an enemy we can plainly see — black guys who can punt, pass kick, or dribble.

While I believe Bill Cosby’s own actions are ultimately to blame for his conviction, I also believe Camille Cosby has the right to speak her mind.

Donald Trump is the last guy who gets to tell black America who’s doing a service to our community.

I was walking out of my mother’s Chestnut Hill apartment when I checked my phone and read the news of Bill Cosby’s conviction on thre ...

Waiting while black. That’s what I’ll be doing until there’s justice for two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a friend.

Long before Stephon Clark was shot dead by Sacramento police officers, those who dared to protest police mistreatment of African-Americans became targets.