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Philly.com- Common Pleas Court Judge Genece Brinkley has denied Meek Mill’s most recent attempt to have his decade-old conviction overturned. Brinkley wrote in a 47-page opinion that Mill did not meet his burden of proof in seeking to cast doubt on the evidence used to secure his arrest in 2007 on gun and drug charges. The […]
Washington Post- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump has the authority to ban travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries if he thinks it is necessary to protect the United States, a victory in what has been a priority since Trump’s first weeks in office and a major affirmation of presidential power. The vote was 5 […]
Politico.com- On Tuesday, a coalition of 17 states filed suit over President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, arguing that it unconstitutionally infringes on parents’ rights and is motivated by “animus” toward Latinos. Blasting Trump’s policy as “abhorrent and indefensible,” the lawsuit argues that the administration’s move to separate more than 2,000 immigrant children from their parents […]
Danny Pommells of NBC Sports Philadelphia joined us on Your Voice with Solomon Jones this morning to talk about last night’s NBA Awards. Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers was awarded the ‘Rookie Of The Year’ award. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkecNgRnsO-/?hl=en&taken-by=bensimmons “The guy came out, he played his first inaugural season and he earned Rookie Of The Year,” […]
Bernard Hopkins, one of the most successful boxers of the past thirty years joined us this morning on Your Voice with Solomon Jones. A native of North Philly, Hopkins walked Solomon and his listeners through his journey as a young man growing up on the streets of Philadelphia, the tough prison system and boxing with […]
Philly.com- Two brothers accused of fatally shooting a city police officer during a 2015 robbery in a North Philadelphia video game store pleaded guilty to their crimes Monday morning, drawing life sentences and avoiding the possibility of facing the death penalty if convicted at trial. The proceedings offered a stage for police officers, former prosecutors, […]
CNN- California Democrat Maxine Waters returned to Washington on Monday amid a heated debate over her comments from the weekend, when she encouraged people to keep pushing back on members of Trump’s administration in public spaces, like restaurants, department stores and gas stations. Her comments, fueled by frustration over migrant families separated at the border, came […]
NPR- A bitterly divided Supreme Court on Monday upheld the redrawing of congressional and state legislative maps in Texas. The decision reversed earlier court findings that intentional racial discrimination had infected the way that some statehouse and congressional districts were drawn — and came five years to the day after the high court struck down a […]
Councilwoman Cindy Bass joined us to talk about Septa’s proposed power plant that will be placed in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Many neighbors are fighting back against the power plant because they believe it’s a health hazard and a form of “environmental racism”.
Two brothers accused of fatally shooting a city police officer during a 2015 robbery in a North Philadelphia video game store pleaded guilty to their crimes Monday morning. Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for killing Sgt. Robert Wilson III, who had been on duty and […]
Washington Post- When Starbucks opened here in 2016, politicians celebrated, predicting that the coffee chain would revitalize a city marred by violent protests over Michael Brown’s killing two years earlier. Other corporations jumped in with multimillion-dollar commitments to help rebuild the majority-black town that became a global symbol of racial and economic inequality. But four years […]