Updating a story published on Jan. 24, 2024: Crusading lawyer George Bochetto, who brought suit against the city on behalf…
Happy Columbus Day. Yes, I said it.. Men of controversy: Christopher Columbus (left); Frank RizzoMayor Jim Kenney acted outside his…
Let’s talk about CRT — Critical Race Theory, in the news now because (primarily) conservatives don’t want it taught in…
Sometimes, without meaning to, Philadelphia’s city government stumbles into doing something right. One thing last week was the approval of…
For the past couple of years, as we sailed into October, I noticed the city put out a notice that…
We have a monumental problem, one that is statuesque, too — monuments and statues falling victim to vigilantes of the…
After winning his decades-long battle to end apartheid in his homeland, and becoming South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela…