Articles by Philadelphia Sun Staff

ABOVE PHOTO: Gen. Qassem Soleimani By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III TriceEdneyWire.com On Friday, January 3, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most beloved military commander and leader of its elite Quds force, was assassinated in a targeted US drone air strike outside Baghdad International Airport. Soleimani had relentlessly defended Iran and its interests in the Middle…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Jerrell Jackson (Photo: Stephanie Price) The accomplishments of Black people have often been excluded from conversations, as if the contributions we’ve made are illusory. We find ourselves enraged by the erasure we face in the historical sense and the appropriation we endure on the pop cultural front, but we seldom speak about how…

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On January 8 at the City Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting, newly elected City Commissioner Omar Sabir made a motion to begin the process to create and launch a mobile app that would provide critical information about the voting process to a target audience of young voters, ages 18 – 26. The motion was unanimously approved. This…

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Fifty years after it participated in the first Earth Day, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is launching a yearlong initiative to show how everyday choices can affect the health of the environment.  Starting this month, Philadelphia area residents—and everybody, really—will be encouraged to join Academy scientists, staff, the institution as a whole,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Mayor Jim Kenney getting sworn in. (Photo: Bill Z. Foster) During Monday’s City of Philadelphia inauguration ceremony, it was a mix of the old and the new By Denise Clay During the April 2019 primaries and the November general election, the citizens of the City of Philadelphia voted to make more than a…

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As she leaves Philadelphia City Council, Jannie Blackwell reflects on 47 years of working for the people and what’s next. By Denise Clay Cleaning out three offices and more than 40 years of supplies, papers and memories requires a lot of hands. On the Friday before New Year’s Day, Jannie Blackwell and the members of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Legacy Memorial Raise Up Artwork   (Photos: Renée S. Gordon) By Renée S. Gordon “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of these acts will be written the history of this generation.”  —Robert Kennedy…

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ABOBE PHOTO: FILE – In this April 19, 2019, file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., United Methodist Church leaders are proposing creation of a separate division that would let more traditional denominations break away because of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein leaves State Supreme Court in New York, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. The disgraced movie mogul faces allegations of rape and sexual assault.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) By Andrew Dalton, Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors announced Monday that they have filed new sex…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This image released by NBC shows filmmaker Sam Mendes accepting the award for best motion picture drama for “1917” at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP) By Jake Coyle Associated Press Film Writer The 77th…

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