CITY COMMISSION Chair Lisa Deeley was joined by her colleague Seth Bluestein, R; City Council President Darrell Clarke; and Rev. Malcolm T. Byrd, a seasoned activist in both clerical work and City government, currently serving on the Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs, beside the statue of civil-rights crusader Octavius Catto. In the light […]
Democratic 51st Ward Leader Greg Benjamin, C, rallied supporters at Cedar Park to launch his primary campaign for State representative, hoping to unseat State Rep. Rick Krajewski. Benjamin and Krajewski were two of four contestants for the 188th House District, which runs from Penn and Drexel into the Cobbs Creek and Kingsessing neighborhoods of West […]
ON THE EVE of the 49th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson, R, stood with Rep. Mary Isaacson, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania and two Democratic legislative challengers to advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights. 2022 is expected to host a major battleground in the fall election as statewide Republicans gear up […]
The new American Chinese United Association rang in the New Year at their new American-Chinese Museum located at 7345-47 Oxford Avenue. They were joined, top C, by State Reps. Jared Solomon and Joe Hohenstein; Councilmember David Oh and Bishop Robert Shine. Jason Lam of ACUA and Steven Zhu of the museum are seated. Photo courtesy […]
A farewell party was held in the Tír Na Nóg Irish Bar & Grille to honor the retirement of Judge James Murray Lynn, 2nd from L, after 30 years on the bench. Judge Lynn has long been a sponsor of Irish American social life, cherished by all who attend his traditional St. Patrick’s Day breakfast […]
BY TONY WEST Tracey Gordon has, if not a hard act to follow, at least a long act. The new Philadelphia Register of Wills manages an office that has been continuously busy since 1682. Its vital main mission is to record the legal ties that bind most families to their wealth across generations: marriage licenses […]
BY MARC STIER I have professional reasons for not endorsing anyone in the Senate primary. But I’d have a hard time doing so anyway. Malcolm Kenyatta has been a great progressive representative and a strong supporter of We The People – PA. Val Arkoosh is a progressive friend who I worked closely with on the […]
BY TONY WEST For once, something good is coming out of the Pennsylvania General Assembly for Philadelphia. Popping a new winner in town even. They can’t help it, actually. Try as they might, legislative majority Republicans were compelled to join with minority Democrats in the Legislative Reapportionment Commission to set new boundaries for State house […]
BY JOE SHAY STIVALA Were you surprised to hear President Biden mentioned the former president in connection with Jan. 6? In retrospect, I think that it needed saying. Democracy is too fragile and must be protected. A great Philadelphian wrote me that Germany had a top democracy in 1930. In 1933 they had Hitler. There […]
STATE SEN. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.) and his wife, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes, have become regular interview subjects on MSNBC commentator Jonathan Capehart’s prime shows. Both are turned to for in-depth discussions of Pennsylvania’s controversial political twists, which increasingly play a role in major national struggles. Expect them to return on this channel in 2022. […]
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