Our great city is not for sale, even for a casino
In recent months, progressive Democratic leaders like the incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have proclaimed, “New York City is not for sale,” claiming to fight the oligarchy.…
Musicians will honor beloved WMMR host Pierre Robert in memorial concert
What better way to remember Pierre Robert than to hold a concert in his honor? 93.3 WMMR announced Wednesday Pierre Robert: A Show of Life, a celebration of the memory…
Jessica Tisch accepts offer to remain NYPD commissioner under Mamdani
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has accepted an offer from Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to remain New York City’s top cop under his administration. In an email to NYPD officers on Wednesday,…
Is Boscov’s selling the most offensively Pennsylvania outfit ever?
I was lured to the Boscov’s at Granite Run the other weekend by a mailer I’d received advertising a one-day shoe sale — buy any pair, get the second for…
3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.
The students walked together, chanting over the hum of Center City traffic, holding a homemade sign and shouting into a chilly November sky. “Hey hey!” they yelled. “Ho ho! Black…
Philadelphia’s Center for the Rights & Interests of Elders is closing next week after nearly 50 years
Philadelphia’s nonprofit Center for the Rights & Interests of Elders, known as CARIE, is closing next Wednesday after nearly 50 years, the organization’s board announced Tuesday in an email to…
Epstein’s victims are forgotten amid political frenzy over files
There is a glaring omission in the wall-to-wall coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Even as new headlines roar with fresh allegations, the facts of the crimes and the trauma…
‘Wicked: For Good’ is often more ‘numbing’ than magical: critics
“Wicked: For Good” is defying the expectations of some critics rightfully weary of sequels that, too often, seem to angle more for box office numbers than the integrity of a…
N.J. SWAT team arrests armed man in ‘hoarder’ home with rotting woman’s body
A death investigation is underway in Somerville, N.J., after a SWAT team responding to a report of a gunshot found an armed man lying on a couch surrounded by handguns,…
Miss Universe judge quits days before event, claims finalists were preselected
Just three days before the annual Miss Universe pageant is set to take place, one of the judges has abruptly stepped down. On Tuesday, Lebanese-French musician Omar Harfouch posted on…