United Way’s Dr. Nikia Owens Providing Essential Resources for Philadelphia and New Jersey Communities
By Nana Ama AddoIn 2017, the Pew Charitable Trusts reported that almost 400,000 Philadelphians, which make up about 26% of the city’s popula…
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Philadelphia Region’s Black Men Icons 2020
Celebrating the Black Men Icons who inspire and influence our community.
Soothe Your Spirit: Podcasts of the African Diaspora
By Nana Ama AddoCOVID-19’s impact on mental health continues to be a pressing issue. According to the American Psychiatric Association, 48% …
Opinion: There is a dictator in our midst!
By Joseph Warkreh T-ToeMuch hoopla has been made recently about President Donald J. Trump’s infamous photo-op at the St. John’s Church Paris…
Where were you in 1987?
~ Professor Yemi Osinbajo was then a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the Federation.That was the year Oba Yesufu Oloyede Asanik…
Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses
COVID-19 is said to have caused the most severe economic crisis since The Great Depression of the 1930s. Many small business…
Philadelphia Region’s Educators Engage in Paradigm Shift During COVID-19
By Nana Ama AddoCOVID-19 has forced educational institutions to transform the way they teach. With educators from all age groups, lifestyles…
Remembering Mr. Clifton Lowery COVID-19, an Honorable Legacy, a Preventable Death and Precautions
By Nana Ama AddoThe insidiousness of COVID is not to be taken lightly. Brown expresses her infuriation over the lack of precautions taken on…
A Dream Deferred: COVID-19 Alters Graduation Ceremonies
By Nana Ama AddoWhat is a human’s ultimate goal in life? Some say it is happiness. Others may attribute it to achieving greatness, or succes…
Philly garden activists are shipping millions of seeds to a nation fretting over food access during coronavirus pandemic
by Samantha Melamed, The Philidelphia Inquirer April 27, 2020