Spencer Platt/Getty Images When the conventions come to town every four years, making life a little more stressful for homeless people has become almost as much of a tradition as draping the city in red, white and blue. Instead of trying to mask and ignore the problem, as other cities have done in the past, […]
Everyone in Cleveland knows that politicians who eat Polish Boys and pierogi — not necessarily at the same time — increase their chances of winning their political races. And their favorite candy? The buckeye, of course! Head east to Philly and politicians better like cheesesteak if they don’t want to be called carpetbaggers. Never mind […]
2016 DNC Watch Party ~ The city of Brotherly Love will declare more than liberty on Tuesday, July 26, 2016when a convergence of trendsetters, elected officials, labor and civil rights leaders descend upon the city and partake in the DogonVillage.com DNC Watch Party 2016 Democratic National Convention ~ DNC Watch Party. Heralded as the ‘must attend’ […]
Major Baseball League’s first black player is pitched to receive a posthumous apology for the bitter racism he endured 69 years ago during a visit to the City of Brotherly Love. Philadelphia’s City Council unanimously passed a resolution today to officially apologize to the late Jackie Robinson who made MBL history on April 15, 1947. […]
It’s been seven years since the leader of the Catholic church has visited the United States. Local Catholics young and old are excited for this…
A Philadelphia mural featuring Bill Cosbyhas been painted over as new details emerge of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit. The city’s Mural Arts Program…
Summer has officially graced us with her long-awaited presence, a season that means longer days of fun at amusement parks, days at the beach, and swimming pools for…
It’s been almost a week since the Amtrak derailment tragedy took place in Philadelphia, and the railroad company has decided to restore service between New…
A map shows the area where Amtrak Regional 188 derailed and overturned.” At least six people were killed and over 140 people hurt after an…
The man who stabbed two members of Nicki Minaj’s tour, one fatally, has been charged with murder, police say. Pierce Boykin of Philadelphia was arrested…
At least four people are dead after shootings in three communities near Philadelphia in what a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation…
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…