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CBS News– Do you have to vote even if you don’t want to? Not doing so could put you on the path to losing your vote in some states. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on a lawsuit filed against Ohio’s secretary of state over the practice of flagging registered voters after […]

Philly.com- Nearly two months after two black men were arrested at a Center City Starbucks while waiting for a friend, the Philadelphia Police Department on Friday announced a policy to determine when to arrest people accused of trespassing on private property. The new policy encourages “greater discretion” from officers, who are now encouraged to deescalate disputes. […]

Solomon Jones – A black man was beaten by cops in Mesa Arizona, and once again, the whole thing was caught on video. And since I’m all out of outrage for a scene that’s all to common, I looked back on something I once said to a room full of black cops, because in reality, there’s […]

Colin Kaepernick and his lawyers are reportedly expected to seek a subpoena of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to force them to testify in his collusion case against the NFL. Kaepernick’s team is attempting to show any potential influence the Trump administration had on Kaepernick’s free agency. Kaepernick contends teams colluded to […]

Mayor Kenney’s team had a strong message for City Council on Thursday: Its budget plan isn’t going to work. In a briefing with reporters, Kenney’s top finance aides said the funding package for the city’s schools that lawmakers put together this week falls $240 million short of what is needed for the next five fiscal […]

Solomon Jones and Praise 107.9 have partnered with the Philadelphia Inquirer  to bring light to the injustice surrounding the issue of stop-and-frisk. This morning on Your Voice with Solomon Jones callers told of their personal experiences with stop-and-frisk. In the video above, Terrance Battle, also known as T-Storm of Radio One Philadelphia tells his experience with […]

Philly.com- It’s not just black people, but entire, predominantly black, neighborhoods that are disproportionately impacted by the Philadelphia Police Department’s use of stop-and-frisk. That’s a key finding of a new analysis of police data from 2014 to 2015 by Lance Hannon, a Villanova professor of sociology and criminology who began analyzing publicly available police data in […]

CNN- Alice Marie Johnson’s life changed on Wednesday — and she has US President Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian West to thank. And thank them she did as soon as she left an Alabama prison after 21 years behind bars. “I feel like my life is starting over again,” an emotional Johnson told reporters outside the […]

  Philly.com- A federal judge has ruled for Philadelphia in its highly contentious “sanctuary city” case against the Trump administration, saying the city’s refusal to help enforce immigration laws is based on policies that are reasonable, rational, and equitable. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson issued his decision Wednesday afternoon, following a four-day trial this spring and nearly a […]

Bishop RT Jones joined us on Your Voice to talk the upcoming Prayer For The City 3, its purpose and meaning for the city of Philadelphia.

Huffington Post- Kanye West has revealed that he was diagnosed with a “mental condition” at the age of 39, and considers it a “superpower” that apparently helps fuel his creativity. West, 40, talked about his diagnosis in an interview with radio personality Big Boy after debuting his new album, “Ye,” at a listening party in Wyoming’s […]

Solomon Jones- Donald Trump is again using patriotism as a prop, and this time the Eagles are unwitting co-stars in his political theater. The trouble began when fewer than 10 members of the Eagles‘ Super Bowl-winning team opted visit the president at the White House. In a response worthy of a nine-year-old, Trump uninvited the team, […]