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A Philly native is taking over the police department in Ferguson, Mo., where clashes between police and protesters last year helped set off the “Black […]

  President Obama called for an overhaul of the criminal justice system Tuesday in Philadelphia, telling the national convention of the NAACP that the current […]

President Obama will be in town today to address the national convention of the NAACP, where he’s expected to outline criminal justice reform proposals. He’ll […]

Last week, a University of Massachusetts professor advocated in Salon for making it a hate crime to fly the Confederate Flag. This week, New Castle […]

Now, more than ever, I’m a huge fan of Donald Trump. The guy’s having a tough week, to be sure, but as NBC cuts their […]

Recently it was revealed Boston-bred actor Ben Affleck asked the producers of the PBS genealogy show Finding Your Roots to omit the fact that his […]

Over 3,000 competitors will descend on Fairmount Park this weekend for the 11th annual TriRock Philadelphia Triathlon. Here’s what you need to know if you want […]

The post-Charleston backlash against the Confederate Flag continues. Valley Forge Flag, based in Wyomissing, has announced it will no longer produce the flag, CBS Philly […]

  A Confederate flag sticker on a motorcycle displayed at Geno’s Steaks was removed after a customer took his complaint public Monday. Phil Dahl complained this […]

When the arguments about guns and race subside after last week’s Charleston massacre — and, inevitably, they will — there is one moment from the […]

The media are notorious for name-calling. Let me be even clearer. The racist white media and their racist white viewers, listeners and readers are notorious […]

Today marks the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — the day Union soldiers […]

If you’re a runner, you’re probably familiar with the concept of a beer mile, but for those who aren’t, it goes like this: Chug a […]

Last year, Alice Goffman published On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, an adaptation of her dissertation at Princeton. For six years, while […]

After winning the French Open finals on Saturday — despite a terrible case of the flu that caused her to vomit in the middle of […]