Annette John-Hall

Annette John-Hall is a metro columnist for The Inquirer. She was previously a features reporter and columnist focusing on music, film television and pop culture. A native of Berkeley, Calif., she covered professional, college and high school sports at the San Jose Mercury News, the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and the Oakland Tribune.

Her column appears Tuesdays and Fridays in The Inquirer's metro section.

Read Annette's blog Free Flow
Latest post: Marvin Gaye Spoke For Me - 04/01/2009
Email Annette at johnhaa@phillynews.com

Annette John-Hall: Fox News strangles open debate by firing a liberal Philly voice

By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Posted 12:15am

I'm sure Fox News, cash cow that it is, doesn't need little ol' me to bolster its already fat ratings.

Marvin Gaye Spoke For Me

Annette John-Hall: After kids and career, women unite to find their next fulfillment - 10/25/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

This weekend I'm headed to Sonoma in California's lush Napa Valley, where I'll join my sister and eight of her best friends on a "transitions retreat." It's slated as a weekend of conversation, reflection, and - thank you, Lord - massage, geared toward helping my big sis figure out where her next source of happiness will come from.
Annette John-Hall: No shelter for family in need - 10/23/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

To protect her, I'll simply call her Ms. J, as her lawyer does in a complaint filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Annette John-Hall: As neighbors burnish Robeson's reputation, house needs revival, too - 10/18/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Anybody who knows about Paul Robeson knows that one little smidgen of his extraordinary life could easily fill a history book.
Annette John-Hall: At 90, dance master still en pointe - 10/09/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Sydney King, still swan-elegant at 90, sits in her dimly lit studio at the Sydney King School of Dance in West Philly and skims through one of her many yellowed scrapbooks.
Annette John-Hall: She and sisters doing all they can to conquer a family enemy: Cancer - 10/04/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Just before Christmas last year, after her breast cancer had returned and metastasized to her brain, my friend Gloria urged - make that ordered - me to make sure at least one of us became a witness to history.
Annette John-Hall: In this crisis, dogs' best friend was a woman - 10/02/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Is it me, or does it seem that ever since Michael Vick came to town, suddenly every news report has an animal-cruelty story? Like nothing was going on before his arrival.
Annette John-Hall: For single mothers needing college help, she wrote the book - 09/27/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

Sherrill Mosee doesn't claim to be in the abstinence business. She'd rather make her mission restoring dreams. See, Mosee is in the business of second chances. Family Care Solutions Inc., the Philadelphia nonprofit she founded in 1998, gives child-care scholarships to low-income single mothers who want to continue with their education.
Annette John-Hall: So much for the benefit of the doubt - 09/24/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

I wanted to believe that it was just a big misunderstanding, a splash that turned into a tidal wave. Black and Latino campers disinvited from an all-white swim club, perfect feed for a media frenzy in a slow summer month.
Annette John-Hall: Infected by racism, criticism of Obama obscures the issues - 09/20/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

I'll be glad when President Obama signs a health-care bill. Because I've been feeling a little sick lately. I've had this sinking feeling in my stomach ever since South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst this month exploded all over the president of the United States.
Annette John-Hall: A puzzling trip to a political zoo - 09/18/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

I took a walk on the wild side the other day. I went to the zoo. No, not the one with Carnivore Kingdom and the Pachyderm House in West Philly.

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Annette John-Hall: Tragedy decides the issue - 09/11/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: For poet Sanchez, it's life that's always knocking at the door - 09/06/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: Celebrating wise Latinas - and all of us - 09/04/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: One more win for Kennedy's legacy - 08/28/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: Vick will be judged by off-field actions - 08/27/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: At President's House, a shameful history gives way to progress - 08/23/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: Malians gather to grieve - 08/21/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: Vick's redemption goes deeper than football - 08/16/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Annette John-Hall: Can't believe your own eyes - 08/14/2009: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Eyes on the prize in first 'Soul Bowl' - 01/31/2007: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Black history is entwined in America's - 01/24/2007: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist
Marching on to the beat of King's drum - 01/17/2007: By Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Columnist

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