Picture this. You eagerly stand in a dimly lit studio in front of a gray backdrop. You feel excitement because you finally have the chance to be back in front of the camera and pursue a unique hobby. You have finally become more confident in your appearance. This is the next step in furthering your... Read more...
Philadelphia is so broke the city is closing 23 public schools, never mind that it has the cash to build a $400 million prison. Construction on the penitentiary said to be “the second-most expensive state project ever” began just days after the Pennsylvania School Reform Commi... Read more...
Days of Rage, Rebellion and Revolution A Book Review By Mumia Abu-Jamal Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, CA: PM Press, forthcoming—December 2011). Perhaps it is the times: the election of a Black preside... Read more...
The web may not be perfect, but SOPA is a reactionary bill to a broken copyright system. One thought alone: The ‘broken web’ is ironically what makes it work. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) will starve the web of the oxygen that it needs, issue its marching orders and censor the U.S... Read more...
Catholics across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia visited their parish churches for Ash Wednesday services today to learn that 21 priests had been put on administrative leave, because of allegations of sexual abuse or other inappropriate behavior with minors. While the archdiocese reviews thei... Read more...
Word?!?! Man... I haven't done one of these in a minute. *Brushes dust off* Pope Benedict XVI, f*ck outta here. So you expect us to believe that you DIDNT know that the priest are f*cking little boys faster than I-80 going north? Word?!?! OK, so lets give you the benefit of the doubt becaus... Read more...