Solomon Jones

Desk duty is not enough. The culture of the department must change.

Just days after the Philadelphia primary election, Kensington is in the throes of the opioid crisis.

Would a Jim Kenney loss move John Dougherty aside and create more opportunities for Philadelphians of color in the city’s booming construction industry?

Places of worship must guard against dangers that recently have taken lives. Many black churches have known this for some time.

When the Philadelphia Department of Revenue showed up on his doorstep, columnist Solomon Jones got worried about his house.

In recent weeks, I’ve seen more clearly how class also determines who suffers injustice — especially in Philadelphia's fight over the opioid crisis.

The New Zealand shooter cited the black conservative commentator as one of his greatest influences.

Rather than posing for a photo op in Selma, I want to see our politicians fight for civil rights right now.

Solomon Jones: This is backwards policy-making.

People of color would get to legally smoke marijuana, but the bulk of the estimated $581 million in annual state marijuana revenue would go to white organizations instead of the black and brown entrepreneurs who made marijuana a multibillion-dollar enterprise.