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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Jim Kenney addresses City Council about his proposed 2019 fiscal budget.  (Photo: phila.gov) With his proposed 2019 fiscal budget, Mayor Jim Kenney wants to do a lot.  But how he plans to pay for it might stop his ambitions in their tracks. By Denise Clay Last November, the School Reform Commission voted to…

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“Every one of my cast members are stars… this is the most talented cast I’ve worked with for this production–incredible actors and even better people.”~Frankie Darcell, syndicated WDAS-FM personality, director and producer of ‘For Colored Girls.’ By Monica Peters It is finally here. 105.3 WDAS-FM Frankie Darcell’s highly anticipated directorial of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored…

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Photo: Shutterstock BETHLEHEM, Pa. –Close to two-thirds of the faculty at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have voted for the school’s board of trustees to rescind President Donald Trump’s honorary degree. The Faculty Steering Committee announced the results of the electronic vote Tuesday, with 357 votes cast out of 472 voting members of the faculty. The…

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Photo: M.Peters PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 28, 2018) – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner today announced that he has appointed Robert L. Listenbee, Esq. as First Assistant District Attorney for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Listenbee, who was appointed as the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for the U.S. Department of…

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BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s 44-year-old daughter Ensa Cosby died Friday in Massachusetts from kidney disease, a spokesman for the comedian said Monday. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt did not immediately offer other details about her death. “Please keep the Cosby family in your prayers and give them peace at this time,” he said. Bill Cosby lost…

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HARRISBURG, Feb. 21 – State Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Phila., chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, said that he and other caucus members were deeply troubled by 16-year-old Nasihah Thompson-King and other student athletes being excluded from participating in sports activities simply because of their religion. Members are calling on the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association…

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I visited Yve Banks owner of RE/MAX Valor, located at 1603 E. Wadsworth Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19150.  She has been in this location since November 2016, but in the real estate business for 11 years.  Yve is the only African- American female broker/owner in the RE/MAX Pennsylvania, Delaware region.  She says it’s a seller’s market…

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By Arlene Edmonds Correspondent Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau president and CEO Julie Coker Graham is the first African- American woman to hold this position. She previously made history working her way up from being a corporate management trainee and assistant front office manager to becoming general manager of hotels in the Chicago area, a…

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Funeral services for Kendall Elisha Dixon were held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Sharon Baptist Church, 3955 Conshohocken Avenue, Philadelphia.  Mr. Dixon died on February 7, 2018. He was 53. Dixon was bom on August 6, 1964, to the late Henry and Doris Dixon. He was preceded in death by his son, Kendall Elisha…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine They say that laughter is the best medicine. As it pertains to comedy, names like Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Mooney, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and Tiffany Haddish have been giving fans their proper dosage of laughs for many years. Gina Yashere is a talented new “resident” in the comedy…

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