About Your Voice with Solomon Jones

Praise 107.9 presents Black Bald, the segment on “Your Voice” where Solomon Jones and Jay McCalla break down the latest on politics in Washington DC and beyond. Starting with Michael Cohen’s decision to postpone his Congressional testimony due to threats, and moving through the Pelosi-Trump “War of the Wall,” Black Bald gives you the kind […]

Senator Kamala Harris, the California Democrat and barrier-breaking prosecutor who became the second black woman to serve in the United States Senate, declared her candidacy for president on Monday, joining an increasingly crowded and diverse field in what promises to be a wide-open nomination process. The choreography of the announcement carried abundant symbolism: Ms. Harris […]

The case of Jamal Simmons marks the fourth time in six months that a prosecution connected to Philip Nordo, an ex-Philadelphia homicide detective fired in 2017, has either deteriorated or dissolved. No one will say how many other cases that Nordo helped build may be at risk of collapse — or whether a long-running probe […]

A group of high school students wearing “Make America Great Again” caps went from vilified to vindicated in the course of a weekend after a video of them apparently facing off with Native American activists in the nation’s capital went viral. When video first emerged on Friday showing the confrontation between the Covington students — […]

Solomon Jones and Jay McCalla present the hottest political news every Thursday on Praise 107.9’s “Your Voice.” You can listen to them live at https://praisephilly.com/listen-live. If you miss it, we’ve got the answer. You can catch up on our latest fiery broadcast here! This week Solomon and Jay discuss the government shutdown, the beef between […]

The Preacher’s wife, Melanie Bryant Hearst, joins Solomon Jones each Wednesday on Praise 107.9 HD2 to answer those church questions you just can’t ask the pastor. This week, at First Greater Shiloh Apostolic Baptist Church of the Hood, Mother Jackson will not let go. She’s been the main honcho in the church kitchen since 1952. […]

Two Narcotics commanders in Philadelphia are being investigated for violating police policy. One of them, Chief Inspector Anthony Boyle, says black cops blew the whistle on their violations because the black cops were “anti-white.” Solomon Jones spoke with Guardian Civic League President Rochelle Bilal about the controversy.

Gospel Artist Shirley Caesar spoke with Praise host Solomon Jones about the division we see in America today. She says gospel is the answer. But not only that. We must vote. Check her out at her upcoming concert at Sharon Baptist Church on November 9th!

Former President Jimmy Carter has asked the Republican candidate for Georgiagovernor Brian Kemp to resign from his position as Secretary of State in light of his race against Democrat Stacey Abrams Mr Carter, himself the former governor of the Peach State, asked Mr Kemp to vacate his position since the office is in charge of […]

  The Interfaith Vigil of Solidarity and Hope — sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia — drew hundreds still in a state of shock over Saturday’s massacre by an armed gunman who killed 11 people and wounded six in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. More than a dozen speakers from several faiths, as […]

This weekend, when I learned that someone had walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people, I thought of my Jewish friend, Susan Jacobs. I met her 25 years ago, when she walked into the homeless shelter where, like many of the men there, I was trying to purge the demons of my drug addiction. […]

Philadelphia’s population density is around 11,600 people per square mile. In a city with that many people shoulder to shoulder — or, perhaps more appropriately, stoop to stoop — there are bound to be neighbor disputes. A new study by ImproveNet found Philadelphians have a lot complain about. Researchers for the home improvement site surveyed […]