Ernest Owens

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A night of progressive victories might mean new rules for how power flows through the city’s political corridors.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s admission of wrongdoing is long overdue — but it’s not enough to rectify the hardship the city has caused the Africa family for nearly four decades.

These are the new rules for hanging out now that more and more of us are vaccinated.

Both campaigns reveal what happens when polarizing politics negate the legitimate concerns of voters — forcing them to be conflicted at the polls.

Every time there’s a big news story involving racism, my alerts blow up. Here’s what people say, and what I say back.

The city budget doesn’t go far enough. If we’re going to address this existential crisis, we need big plans to tackle our most entrenched and enduring issues.

My return to the movie theater came with an epiphany about how I’m going to conduct myself when things return to “normal.”

As our leaders weigh in on the Minneapolis court case, too little has been said about new charges of police abuse here last summer.

No, it’s not quite a Golden Ticket. But a month of being fully vaccinated has made me feel like a first-class citizen in ways I’ve never experienced before.

Voters should be concerned that our self-proclaimed progressive DA is chasing the national spotlight with the help of an infamous figure who’s been accused of grifting and targeting activists.

It’s been a year since COVID changed our world. These are the lockdown habits I’m not giving up, even after we return to “normal.”

Ala Stanford’s group has vaccinated thousands of Black Philadelphians on its own dime. Here are four ways the city could boost its heroic efforts.

Yes, there is distrust of health care in the Black community, but Ala Stanford’s big Liacouras Center event proved that if you remove the barriers, people will get the shot.

In a clumsy bit of political theater, the Mayor danced around Philadelphia’s current existential crisis. It’s an insult to Jamal Johnson, the man whose hunger strike made the city pay attention.