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On today’s show, President of Life Outside The Streets, Jon Mckay joined us on Your Voice to talk people using art to deal with trauma. The campaign shows people that art is therapeutic for creatives and listeners, whether it’s music, painting or free-writing. “Art allows you to take your mind out of that space which […]

  Monique Howard, EdD, MPH, is the executive director of WOAR (Women Organized Against Rape). She joined us on Your Voice with Solomon Jones this morning to discuss the importance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, WOAR and its impact on the Philadelphia community during the #MeToo Movement.

As always, every Thursday Jay McCalla brings laughs and deep knowledge of politics to Your Voice! We talked about Mayor Kenney’s “nine great Philadelphians” on the new school board, Kathleen Kane and more! Listen to today’s edition of This Week In Politics!

Kenney Picks New School Board On Wednesday Mayor Kenney named the new-nine member board of education to lead the Philadelphia School District starting on July 1. “A major step forward toward establishing local control of our schools,” said Mayor Kenney.  The mayor chose educators and those with social services backgrounds, choosing six women and three […]

This morning on Your Voice with Solomon Jones, Rev. Daniel Sawyer joined us to talk about A Prayer For The City 2! Listen here.

  OJ Spivey joined us this morning on Your Voice to talk the NCAA Champions, the Villanova Wildcats! Take a listen, and remember to tune in to Your Voice at 10 AM every Monday through Saturday on Praise 107.9.      

Final: Villanova Wins NCAA Title As Villanova defeated Michigan 79-62 in Monday’s title game, students at Villanova flooded the streets around campus to celebrate the Wildcats’ NCAA men’s basketball championship. This is the Wildcat’s second championship title in three years, and police reported two arrests following the partying. As soon as the game ended, fans streamed […]

On today’s show, Pastor Michael Couch of New Beginnings Church of Philadelphia joined us on Your Voice to talk the importance of A Prayer For The City Part 2. Take a listen!

  Nicole Novak joined us on Your Voice to talk about her recent article in The Conversation about the history of forced sterilization programs in California that harmed people of color.

H.R. McMaster Out As National Security Adviser On Thursday, President Trump announced in a tweet that former US ambassador and Fox News analyst John Bolton would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster who agreed to resign. Early in the Trump administration, Bolton was considered as a possible candidate for secretary of state. Bolton has since […]

  This morning on Your Voice Former Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel talked with us about the diversion program keeping our kids out of jail and redirecting their paths.

Stormy Daniels Says She Was Threatened To Keep Quiet About Trump CNN– In her first television interview since news broke of her alleged 2006 affair with Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels rejected to discuss whether she had any evidence of the affair. In the “60 Minutes” piece with Anderson Cooper, Daniels risked violating the $130,000 hush […]