Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly we have the Ministry of Awe grand opening, the Tina Turner musical, the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Fur Ball gala, and much more

By Christina Griffith

The Dirty Business of Erasing Black History

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

By Dr. James Peterson

How to Get the President’s House Exhibit Back

Attorney and civil rights activist Michael Coard on the origin, current state, and future of the Philadelphia memorial to slavery

By Victor Fiorillo
Citizen of the Week

Michael Idriss, Black History Game Changer

African American history has been disappeared from Independence National Historical Park. Not so at the Museum of the American Revolution, with thanks to one “time traveler”

By Olivia Loudon
Guest Commentary

Dismantling America’s Truth

Philly writer Lorene Cary helped tell the story of the people George Washington enslaved in his home on what’s now Independence Mall. A fellow social justice activist decries the Trump-directed erasure of her work — and the facts

By David Topel
Guest Commentary

Unamerican Liberties at the Liberty Bell

A legendary local journalist calls out the President for trying to erase America’s ugly past — and present — in Philly’s and the nation's first federal memorial about slavery

By Linn Washington Jr.
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Ali Velshi On PragerU, The Disturbing Replacement For PBS

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member, Oklahoma's John Waldron and reporter Antonia Hylton discuss the "insidious" plans unaccredited media company has to replace public broadcasting in U.S. classrooms

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi on Removing Slavery From The Smithsonian

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with professors Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry to discuss Trump's attacks on the Smithsonian's slavery exhibits — and history itself

By Ali Velshi
Big Rube’s Philly

Bumi Fernandez-West

The iconic photographer, brand marketer and chef interviews the family woman behind Odunde — celebrating 50 years this Sunday

By Reuben Harley

Putting the Blues in Sinners

How Philadelphia guitarist Randy Bowland shaped Hollywood’s next breakout star

By Malcolm Burnley