Voice: James Peterson
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A Time To Weep
Yes, let’s celebrate our liberation on Juneteenth. But also, let’s remember the history that came before
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Guest Commentary: The Watermelon and the Flag in Our Upside-Down World
On waving symbols, extreme national distress and the regressive swing of the pendulum
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Erasure and the Fiction of America
What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months
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Arts, Culture and Brotherly Love
Gregory Walker’s Harlem Renaissance-style salons for The Brother’s Network invite Black men to celebrate their art, knowledge and greatness. Join them Friday for a book talk about race in America
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MLK and the Limitless Legacy of Hope
Hope may be infinite, as the Civil Rights icon told us. But it requires action
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Giving Thanks, Despite Everything
Why gratitude and gratefulness — beyond the “hegemonic holiday colonialism” — matters more than ever
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Resistance is a Garden
A Painted Bride project combines urban farming, art and education to empower Black and Brown Philadelphians to grow their own futures
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Seeing the Unseen
Through visual art and public gatherings, fashion designer Zarinah Lomax’s Apologues is telling the stories of our city’s trauma — and its survivors
By James Peterson