Articles by Philadelphia Sun Staff

ABOVE PHOTO:  Ayla Bystrom-Williams, (2nd from left) founder of Honeymoon Brewery. blacknews.com Being Black and a female did not stop Ayla Bystrom-Williams from beating out 13,000 competitors to win this year’s Miller Lite “Tap the Future” competition in Chicago. Her company, Honeymoon Brewery, co-founded with her business partner/ boyfriend, James Hill, won the competition’s $200,000…

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blog.lowincome.org Every year, nearly eight out of 10 U.S. tax filers get a federal tax refund. The average amount paid over the past few years was roughly $2,800, according to the most recent data from the IRS. Low-income families, in particular, look forward to refunds and file early so they can get their refunds sooner….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Dorothy Irene Height, who served as President of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years until 1997, sits in front of her featured story board inside the “Freedom’s Sisters” exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl)   The U.S. Postal Service announced last week, civil rights leader…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Gwen Ifill  (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) By Errin Haines Whack Associated Press WASHINGTON — Thousands of mourners — including first lady Michelle Obama — remembered and celebrated veteran Washington journalist Gwen Ifill on Saturday, recalling her as a standard bearer, cherished friend, devoted mentor and woman of abiding faith. Ifill died last…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rep. Danny Davis-D-Ill  (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Associated Press CHICAGO — A dispute over shoes led to the fatal shooting of the grandson of Illinois U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, Chicago police said Saturday. At least two attackers went to the home of 15-year-old Javon Wilson in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago…

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By Charlene Crowell TriceEdneyWire.com Perpetrators in a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted Black consumers in the Los Angeles area have been sentenced to federal prison and fined.  On October 24, United States District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Paul Ryan, a former mortgage loan officer and mortgage broker Chester Peggese for illegal activities that operated…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Johnthony Walker  (Insert: Chattanooga Police Department) By Jonathan Mattise Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  — A school bus driver who authorities say was speeding along a narrow, winding Tennessee road when he wrapped his vehicle around a tree was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide in the deaths of five children. Calling the Monday…

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Dear Brothers and Sisters: The Black Community has a dirty little secret that everyone knows about, including the media, but no one discusses.  It’s a secret like the “N” word.  Many utter it privately, but it’s not mentioned in public.  That “secret” is the very troubling difficulty that we, as blacks, have with spending our…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Photos: City Diner The new City Diner at Broad and South Streets in Center City provides really good food at affordable prices, but you might want to take the Broad Street Line to get there. By Denise Clay Because covering the 2016 Presidential Election for the SUN has kept me on the road…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Minister Rodney Muhammad When the Philadelphia NAACP held elections on Saturday, not a lot changed. By Denise Clay On Saturday, the members of the Philadelphia NAACP came to Freedom Theater in North Philadelphia and voted to give Minister Rodney Muhammad a second term as the organization’s president. The leader of Nation of Islam…

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