I will close out Women’s History Month with jazz pioneer Melba Liston (1926-1999). Liston holds the distinction of being the first woman to be regularly featured as a player, composer, and arranger with a major jazz band.

From the

This weekend, I led a teach-in at the President’s House Site organized by the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides.

There was a steady stream of visitors to the site. Most were aware that the National Park Service removed the interpretative signs and...

This is Sunshine Week, a time to celebrate transparency, and the public’s right to know what government officials are doing and saying behind closed doors.

It is serendipitous that I will be at City Hall in Courtroom 275 during Sunshine Week.

For more than

The fight to save the President’s House has brought renewed attention to the nine Africans enslaved by President George Washington in the shadow of the Liberty Bell.

Washington’s enslaved cook,