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October 25, 2014
Well, since it’s less than two weeks before the seemingly inevitability of Tom Wolf’s election as our next governor, it’s probably smart to begin envisioning what his administration will look like and what its priorities will be. Even as the race tightened in its closing days, Wolf’s early double-digit lead in the polls over Gov….
October 10, 2014
Almost 30 years ago when I was Chief of Staff for then Congressman Bill Gray I was dispatched during my off-the-clock hours to work for the Democrat running for District Attorney, Judge Robert Williams, a diminutive, nattily dressed, up-tempo man who had been endorsed by the party to be the first African American District Attorney. …
October 1, 2014
This Sunday Oct. 5, 2014 FreedomQUEST, the Philadelphia SUN’s premiere radio program will feature interviews with guests State Rep. Curtis Thomas and Sen. candidate Art Howard, who will talk about Public Schools with host J. Whyatt Mondesire, Publisher of the Philadelphia Sunday SUN. FreedomQUEST is heard each Sunday at 7 AM on WDAS/FM, 105.3.
September 7, 2014
August 23, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: President Barack Obama talks with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Mo., in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., August 14, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By J. Whyatt Mondesire When Mr. Obama won his first national election, many black people celebrated copiously and wept with unrestrained joy….
August 9, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: Ted Postol (http://www.democracynow.org/blog] Publisher’s Note: Unraveling international news has never been easy. Foreign wars are especially hard to grasp since once the shooting starts, truth is always the first casualty. So it is with the current torrent of news stories about the latest conflicts in the Middle East, where thousands of people have…
June 14, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: J. Whyatt Mondesire By J. Whyatt Mondesire For the past several weeks, Axis Philly, a renegade blog that specializes in character assassination, has been working in concert with my enemies to attack my leadership of the NAACP. The aim of Axis Philly during this time has been in total accord with these scurrilous…
May 31, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: Maya Angelou. (AP Photo) “The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.” –Maya Angelou, “Caged Bird” from Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? Associated Press NEW YORK — Maya Angelou…
May 17, 2014
Approval of ballot question would extend $10.88 minimum wage to City subcontracted workers With less than a week to go before Pennsylvania’s primary elections, a united City Council last week urged Philadelphians to vote “yes” on a ballot question that would extend the current minimum wage of $10.88 to all City subcontracted workers. The ballot measure,…
April 28, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: William J. Marrazzo, President & CEO, WHYY-FM WHYY-FM, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) radio outlet in metro Philadelphia is supposed to belong to all of us. That is, it’s supposed to be “owned” by all of us who pay the federal taxes WHYY receives in the form of public grants. In addition, WHYY’s on-air…
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ABOVE PHOTO: Allegheny County Election Division Deputy Manager Chet Harhut carries a container of mail-in ballots in...
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