[AUDIO] Solomon Jones Talks #RaisedWoke With Fearless Philadelphia High School Student Tatiana Amaya
Tatiana Amaya of Mastery Shoemaker Charter School in West Philadelphia joined us today on Your Voice with Solomon Jones. The 11th grader talked the Parkland, Fla. shooting and Philadelphia high school students coming together for #RaisedWoke and demanding action from lawmakers on the issue of gun violence. Listen here: Tune in every Monday through Saturday […]
Council President Darrell Clarke joined Solomon Jones on Your Voice this morning to talk about the highly criticized Temple Stadium that may be coming to North Philadelphia. Listen here:
N. Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Invited Donald Trump To Meet Him The shocking statement was made by senior South Korean officials in Washington, who passed on a letter from the North Korean leader. It was said that the North Korean leader had also agreed to halt nuclear and missile tests and was “committed to denuclearization”. Earlier […]
More snow to hit Philadelphia: Info on how much, travel, utilities, closings during the region’s second nor’easter The Philadelphia region is in the midst of its second disruptive nor’easter since the beginning of March. Here’s what you should know for the second storm system: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Southeastern Pennsylvania […]
Bill Cosby Returns To Norristown For Crucial Hearing Today, Bill Cosby returned to a Norristown, PA courtroom for a crucial hearing to stop some of his many accusers from testifying at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. Today’s hearing comes only a week after the death of Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter, Esna Cosby. Cosby’s reassembled defense […]
Armed Deputy Who Failed To Confront Gunman At Florida School School Resigns The armed sheriff’s deputy assigned to Stoneman Douglas High School failed to enter the school to confront the gunman during the attack, said on Thursday by the Broward County sheriff. The shooting went on for 4 minutes as Office Deputy Scot Peterson waited […]
Trump Suggest Arming Teachers As Solution To Increase School Safety After listening to emotional stories and requests to increase school safety on Wednesday, President Donald Trump brought up the idea of arming teachers and school staff. If you had a teacher who was adept with the firearm, they could end the attack very quickly,” he […]
Evangelist Billy Graham Has Passed Away At 99 NBC News- Billy Graham, the charismatic North Carolina pastor who took his evangelizing crusades around the country and the globe, died on Wednesday morning, according to officials of his organization. He was 99. Graham achieved a reach, unlike any other evangelist, serving as a counselor or minister to […]
Rae Carruth Apologizes For Death Of Pregnant Girlfriend, Seeks Custody Of Son Yahoo.com – In his first interview in years, former Carolina Panther Rae Carruth has given his first interview in years, just eight months before he is set to be released from a North Carolina prison. Now 44 years old, Carruth has spent over 17 […]
‘Black Panther’ Smashes Box Office Weekend #WAKANDAFOREVER Marvel’s first film directed by an African-American grossed an astonishing $295 million this past weekend. Black Panther which stars Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan, shattered box offices and made believers of all people, young and old who saw characters like them grace the big movie screen. […]
Two Baltimore Detectives Convicted Of Racketeering + Robbery USA Today- On Monday, two Baltimore police detectives were convicted of racketeering, robbery, and conspiracy in part of an ongoing federal investigation into police corruption. A federal jury delivered its verdict Monday evening. Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor faced robbery, extortion and racketeering charges that could land them […]
City Wants Safe Injection Sites, But No Plans To Address Harm To Black Communities During Crack Era By: Solomon Jones The key question at Friday’s forum on Safe Injection Sites was whether the City of Philadelphia was prepared to provide reparations for the harm done to black and brown communities during the crack era. The […]