CBS Philly- The MTV Movie & TV Awards gave “Black Panther” its first taste of awards glory, with Marvel’s blockbuster taking home four honors including two awards for its star, Chadwick Boseman. Boseman quickly handed off his best hero award to James Shaw Jr., who wrestled an assault-style rifle away from a gunman in a […]
6 ABC- Rapper Meek Mill is scheduled to be back in a Philadelphia courtroom, to ask for his drug and gun charges to be dismissed. Mill spent five months behind bars until the state Supreme Court ordered his release on bail in April. Judge Genece Brinkley originally sentenced him to four years for violating […]
Father’s day is this Sunday, and people are expected to be spending a lot of money on it this year. Father’s Day Spending this year is likely in record territory, according to experts. Experts say spending on Father’s Day this year could reach $15.3 billion. The report by the National Retail Federation says a total […]
6 ABC– The Philadelphia Eagles’ ongoing Super Bowl celebration culminates Thursday night when the players receive their championship rings. After that, coach Doug Pederson wants the team to move on and shed their underdog persona that got them to their first title. Pederson has an exact date and time when he wants the […]
News One- Earlier this year, Bill Cosby was convicted on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging defendant Andrea Constand before he sexually assaulted her at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. The tv icon is facing up to 30 years in jail. Now, his wife of 54 years, Camille Cosby, 74, is reportedly […]
CBS 3- When it comes to tourism in the Philadelphia region, business is booming. Visit Philadelphia says a record-breaking 43 million people visited Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties last year. That’s a three percent increase from 2016 and the eighth straight year there’s been a record number of visitors here. All of those visitors […]
Solomon Jones sat down after the show to talk about the issue of stop-and-frisk. This weekend marks the 50-year anniversary of Terry v. Ohio, the Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment in the confrontation on the street between the citizen and the policeman investigating suspicious circumstances. Solomon hopes the partnership with The Philadelphia […]
Philly.com- The 76ers’ president Bryan Colangelo is out following unethical behavior involving secret Twitter accounts. Colangelo was not at the Sixers facility on Thursday, a day after sources said he was spotted at pre-draft workouts. The team’s owners are expected to be in town. https://twitter.com/realScottSauer/status/1004756325748891648 https://twitter.com/anita_oh/status/1004758653671534593 The move came after a New York law firm hired by […]
Rev. Gregory Holston of POWER and Minster Rodney Muhammad, President of the Philadelphia NAACP chapter joined us on Your Voice with Solomon Jones this morning. They discussed the day of racial bias training Starbucks provided to its employees this afternoon.
Civil rights attorney Paul Hetznecker joined us on Your Voice with Solomon Jones to break down the civil rights perspective of the NFL’s new policy where they will crack down on players’ protest. Teams will now be fined if players refuse to stand for the national anthem, giving them the only option to stay in […]
OJ Spivey called into Your Voice with Solomon Jones today to discuss latest on the NFL’s new policy for the national anthem. Without holding a formal vote before passing the anthem policy, the NFL’s policy forbids players from sitting or taking a knee on the field but will allow them to stay in the locker […]
Dayna Spence of Dayna’s iCare Foundation joined us on Your Voice with Solomon Jones to talk about her efforts in raising money for shoes, rice and beans for the children of Creve, Haiti. To learn more about her organization and how you can help visit: Dayna’s iCare Foundation