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DemocratsMay 18, 2023
Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman
Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.
Gene Seymour
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PoliticsApril 26, 2023
Pick ’Em: Making Sense of the Free-for-All Primary for Mayor of Philadelphia
For a job the current incumbent seems eager to leave, the contest has drawn a remarkably diverse field of candidates—and no obvious front-runner.
Gene Seymour
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MusicMay 20, 2022
How It Actually Sounded: Gene Santoro, 1950–2022
A superb reporter whose journalism will remain a vivid and reliable record of its time.
Gene Seymour
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MusicApril 25, 2022
It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It.
A new show at the Morgan Library illuminates the legendary folk singer’s jam-packed life.
Gene Seymour
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisJanuary 10, 2022
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Racism and DiscriminationJanuary 25, 2021
Bad Henry’s Lesson: Henry Aaron 1934–2021
For baseball’s Black superstar, being the best still wasn’t good enough.
Gene Seymour
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Police and Law EnforcementNovember 3, 2020
After Philadelphia Police Shot and Killed Walter Wallace
The city erupted in the usual pattern of peaceful protest followed by looting. Then something strange happened.
Gene Seymour
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SportsOctober 20, 2020
Baseball’s Race Problem
More than half a century after they reenergized the sport, Black Americans may not need baseball. But baseball needs more Black players—and fans.
Gene Seymour
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Arts and EntertainmentOctober 12, 2020
Stanley Crouch, 1945–2020
Even many of those who at times wanted to throttle Crouch will miss him now that he’s gone.
Gene Seymour
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Racism and DiscriminationJune 17, 2020
Change Comes to the Streets of Philadelphia
The uprising here may have been inevitable. But the aftermath has been full of surprises.
Gene Seymour