I am finding it difficult to get through most days without crying, without feeling like water is rising above my head, without feeling a great sense of despair. I feel a heaviness in my chest. Watching 400 years of abuse...
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Last week, I watched American cities burn: Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Philadelphia. And while the murder of George Floyd was the catalyst, Amy Cooper played a role. It’s easy to...
“History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we literally are criminals.” -James Baldwin The Eagles have celebrated their first national...
Last week I attended a rally to call for the city to tear down the statue of Philly’s former white supremacist police chief and mayor, Frank Rizzo. The statue is a worthy target. Rizzo was an avowed and violent white...
One of many Brittany Packnett’s tweets has stuck with me and brought up all types of memories of my childhood. Leadership is consistent: the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, but it's long. We have to...