Opinion
For the first time ever, the public schools in Philadelphia began this school year 100% online, neck-deep in a global pandemic; in the midst of more publicized occurrences of racial […]
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Biden’s family volunteers Philabundance Nothing exemplifies for us the difference between the incoming and outgoing occupants of the White House in Washington DC that their respective activities on MLK Day […]
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Antietam 1863? World Trade Center 2001? San Francisco Quake 1906? Pearl Harbor 1941? American Hospitals this week? What do they have in common? High one-day death tolls in the thousands! […]
Read MoreBiden election worker makes a new friend My nephew Bob has been volunteering at election time since Senator Kerry’s ill-fated run against Pres. Bush back in 2004. The commitment has […]
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In October of 2008, my dad called my brother and me up to his room. His voice was a pitch higher than normal, revealing an urgency that I didn’t understand. […]
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It is difficult to decide on even a few images that capture John Lewis, such was the breadth of his life of service to humankind. For many of us, the […]
Read MorePolice Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and Mayor James Kenney issued a joint statement Monday, June 15, that an independent consultant would be appointed to thoroughly investigate the City’s response to the […]
Read MoreDear Councilmembers, Southwest CDC is a one of 60 members of the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities (PCAC). We oppose the Mayor’s proposed cuts to the Housing Trust Fund in […]
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Uncomfortable? Inconvenient? A social downer? YES, but they save lives! The controversy concerning the wearing of face masks during the present Covid-19 pandemic continues. Most science reports are clear: wearing […]
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Registered voters who have not yet voted will find two ballot questions on the new voting machine screen when they enter polling booths for the Primary Election next Tuesday, June […]
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