Your Voice
In her weekly interview on Your Voice with Solomon Jones, CNN commentator Roxanne Jones said the black community should wait and see concerning the controversial Jussie Smollett case. Smollet told police that two Trump supporters attacked him because he is black and gay. Police now question that account. Roxanne Jones pointed out that all the […]
David Thornburgh, Executive Director of the government watchdog group, Committee of Seventy, spoke to Solomon Jones about the Mayor deleting text messages after Philly.com reported that the mayor deleted years worth of text messages that could be considered public records. Philly.com reported that Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, who has long eschewed a city-issued cell phone in […]
The U.S. spends more on prisons and jails than it does on educating children – and 15 states spend at least $27,000 more per prisoner than they do per student, according to a new report. Americans account for 4.4 percent of the global population, but 22 percent of the world’s prison population. California spends $8.6 […]
Sixteen states on Monday evening filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The group of states, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. “We’re going to try to halt the President from violating the Constitution, the separation of […]
Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation tell CNN that Chicago Police believe actor Jussie Smollett paid two men to orchestrate an assault on him that he reported late last month. Smollett denies playing a role in his attack, according to a statement from his attorneys. The men, who are brothers, were arrested […]
July was a busy month for Mayor Jim Kenney. He navigated two big controversies — the decision to evict, then reinstate the Made in America concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway and the nonrenewal of the city’s data-sharing contract with federal immigration authorities. A massive water-main break in Center City shut down streets for weeks. […]
A student at the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Florida was arrested after he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The incident began after a substitute teacher asked the 11-year-old to stand and he refused, explaining that he thought the U.S. flag was racist. The teacher then apparently got into a contentious […]
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart spoke with Solomon Jones about her audit of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, an agency that could owe millions to Philadelphia schools.
President Donald Trump intends to sign the border security deal to avoid another partial government shutdown, according to two sources who have spoken directly with the President. Trump said Tuesday that he was “not happy” with the tentative deal reached by congressional negotiators late Monday night that falhls far short of his original demands. Congress […]
Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel in the Russia probe, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson was another loss for the former Trump campaign chairman, who faces years in prison in two separate criminal cases stemming from special counsel […]
The federal indictment of union boss John Dougherty and City Councilman Bobby Henon shows more than just corruption. It shows that there are those in positions of power who don’t respect the citizens of Philadelphia. And they’re willing to hurt any of us to show it—even our kids. That’s what allegedly happened when Philadelphia Parking […]
A substitute teacher has resigned from a North Carolina school system following backlash for alleged comments to students, including that Martin Luther King Jr. was not assassinated but rather committed suicide. Lisa Luten, the communications director for Wake County Public School System,, confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday that the teacher had resigned. In an […]