Voice: Dr. James Peterson

The federal government may have removed the memorial to slavery on Independence Mall, but the history of African Americans exceeds the limits of historic comfort

This MLK Day requires more than service. It is about resistance.

The annual convening of Black male educators late last year was a reminder of what can happen when Black men show up for the future.

An art exhibit and scholarly center inspired by the Nobel Prize-winning author speak to our political and cultural moment. Will we heed her call?

The PA House has voted to reinstate the teaching of old-fashioned penmanship in public schools. In the age of AI, is this the answer to our literacy crisis?

Before Beyoncé became Cowboy Carter, this Philadelphia / Brooklyn-based band fused sounds that you didn’t know needed to be together

The glorious revival of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room by Quintessence Theatre reminds us that art, at its best, is not simply what we watch — it’s what we confront ourselves with

Forty years after the City bombed a house, killed 11 MOVE members and destroyed a neighborhood, Philadelphia still has not reckoned with what it says about us

Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s latest film in theaters now, is a tribute to Black people, their music, and their American experience

What Percival Everett’s National Book Award-winning James tells us about the crisis of literacy in Philadelphia.