Category: KOLUMN Magazine

— MICHAEL KLEIN, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER It’s hard to keep Warmdaddy’s down. Brothers Robert and Benjamin Bynum are reviving their soul food and blues destination, which over the summer wrapped a 15-year run in Riverview Plaza in South Philadelphia, following a decade in Old City. The Bynums will be setting up their own entertainment district in […]

— ALEKSANDRA MICHALSKA, REUTERS PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The family of a Philadelphia Black man shot dead by police appealed for calm as a second night of protests over his death brought renewed violence, with clashes between police and demonstrators and some looting of stores. Tension has gripped the streets of Philadelphia since Monday’s deadly police […]

Jennifer McLeggan said her neighbors told her she could be “erased.” When she called police in her suburban New York town, she said they told her to stop calling 911. — JANELLE GRIFFITH, NBC NEWS Jennifer McLeggan, a registered nurse and single mother, worked around the clock to be able to buy a home. “It’s […]

A former employee accuses JPMorgan Chase of failing to stop what she said was racially driven bullying. The bank says race had nothing to do with it. — EMILY FLITTER, THE NEW YORK TIMES Over 18 years of working as a secretary at JPMorgan Chase, Wanda Wilson had learned to brush aside remarks directed at […]

— NIKI MCGLOSTER, AFROTECH Come mid-November, streetwear designer Olivia Anthony will release a new collection for Foot Locker Women called “Destined to Liv.” According to Girls United, the global sneaker brand commissioned the Brooklyn-based Birmingham, Alabama native to be a part of its “Behind Her Label” series, an initiative that celebrates female designers and sheds light on the […]

— MALIK WASHINGTON, SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW “One thing that the whole redevelopment process has done is it’s proven to people that you don’t have real community control … I’m finally convinced that housing will never meet the people’s needs until the people build housing for themselves.” – Arnold Townsend Peace and blessings, sisters and […]

The British actor plays the father of “Stranger Things” star Caleb McLaughlin in this drama about Black horsemanship in Philadelphia. — KIMBERLEY RICHARDS, HUFFPOST Netflix has acquired the rights to “Concrete Cowboy,” a movie about Philadelphia’s Black cowboy subculture starring Idris Elba and “Stranger Things” star Caleb McLaughlin, who play father and son.  The movie […]

— DEREK MAJOR, BLACK ENTERPRISE Robert F. Smith, the chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, is continuing his philanthropic support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with a $50 million donation to the Student Freedom Initiative. The Student Freedom Initiative is a charity that helps students at Minority Serving Institutions circumvent student debt and loans. The […]

The founder of The Roots and drummer for the “Tonight Show” band said back in 1976 he talked an older woman named Ellie into buying me a stereo and a record collection. — AP, HUFFPOST PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ahmir Thompson, founder of The Roots and drummer for the “Tonight Show” band, wants to find […]

— ERIN CORBETT, REFINERY 29 A 26-year-old member of the so-called Boogaloo Bois, a far right, anti-government extremist movement, is facing federal charges for shooting 13 rounds from an AK-47 style semi-automatic rifle at the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct. Ivan Harrison Hunter of Boerne, Texas was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday and faces a charge of […]