BY: JIM IRBY August 2016 was the hottest month ever — until it wasn’t. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that 2016 and 2017 will be the two hottest years ever recorded, setting us on track to surpass the 2.7°F (1.5°C) warming…
BY: DENISE CLAY When I was a kid in the 70s, my brother and his friends wore the kind of Afros you’d see on “Soul Train” on Saturday mornings. They were huge, perfectly round masterpieces that were kept that way…
BY: EVAN BRANDT POTTSTOWN >> The people of POWER and the lower-income people they represent want to be heard — and they want to be heard by the right people. That’s why they arranged a press conference Thursday afternoon at…
Two dozen protesters turned the tables on federal immigration authorities on Tuesday, demanding “ICE, show us your papers!” and filing a formal legal request for information on potential raids targeting undocumented immigrants. “ICE operates with impunity,” said Erika Almiron, executive…
I was born into a family of hard-working people. I grew up watching the people I loved make sacrifices, day in and day out, to ensure that I’d have a better future than they. My mother, a hospital nurse and…
BY: DENISE CLAY As he stood at the podium adjusting his prayer shawl, Rabbi Mordecai Libling remembered hearing the chants of White Nationalists outside the Charlottesville, Virginia church where he was worshipping with fellow activists. Speaking to a packed house…
BY: GAYATHRI ANURADHA Thousands of people came out onto the streets of Philadelphia on Wednesday and carried out a march rebuking white supremacy and racism in the light of recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The “Philly is Charlottesville” rally saw the…
Councilwoman Helen Gym and community leaders are calling for a community dialogue on the future of the Frank Rizzo statue located at Thomas Paine Plaza in Center City. The 10-foot-high statue of the former police chief, who later served as…
BY: EVAN BRANDT PHOENIXVILLE >> Between 300 and 400 people — some from as far away as Baltimore — gathered in Reeves Park Friday night to take a stand against hate. Organized by self-described liberal Chris Brickhouse and Republican Borough…
BY: Kristin E. Holmes At services this weekend, Rabbi Nathan Weiner plans to stand before members of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Marlton and talk about the deadly horror in Charlottesville. He will decry the hatred, racism, and anti-Semitism that were on…