Former Black Mafia leader Lonnie Dawson (Abdul Salim) was released from prison (SCI Smithfield in Huntingdon County, PA) on December 22, 2025 after serving 43
Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer A former executive at the community development nonprofit founded by Philadelphia music legend Kenny Gamble was convicted Wednesday of fleecing
by Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer The subject of Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter’s new book, “The Upcycled Self” is the Roots rapper himself. The co-leader of
THE ‘BUG’ THAT UPENDED AN ELECTION How the discovery of an FBI bug and the political spin that followed changed the course of the last
I appeared on the Behind the Lights podcast with host Tommy Canale to discuss my career with a focus on my research and publication record.
NOTE: For my earlier analyses re Muhammad Ali and Philadelphia’s Black Mafia (including the relevance of Ali’s noteworthy Cherry Hill home), please see here. Muhammad Ali’s Cherry Hill home is up for sale The
by Nick Vadala, Philadelphia Inquirer At the federal trial of City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, some testimony concerns the financial issues of Universal Companies, which federal
by Mana Rabiee, Reuters NEW YORK, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Members of Malcolm X’s family have made public what they described as a letter written
As I have written elsewhere on this site about Dawud Bey – son of founding Black Mafia member Roosevelt “Spooks” Fitzgerald: Dawud Bey pleaded guilty