Articles by Philadelphia Sun Staff

ABOVE PHOTO:  Scene at the 2000 Democratic National Convention   (spirit of america / Shutterstock.com)   washingtonpost.com National Democratic campaign committees have spent more than $500 million on consultants over the past two elections, but less than 2 percent of it has gone to firms that are run at least in part by racial minorities….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Students rally against proposed reductions in state funding for schools, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, outside City Hall in Philadelphia.  The School District of Philadelphia is asking the city for tens of  million of dollars more in additional funding as it deals with a massive budget shortfall that could mean the layoff of thousands…

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ABOV E PHOTO:  The soulful Raheem DeVaughn (LEFT)and Eric Roberson (RIGHT) entertained crowds at the We Feed The Homeless Philly Gala last weekend.  (Photos courtesy of Chris Murray)   Sunday’s We Feed The Homeless Philly Gala gave Philadelphians a chance to enjoy great music, great food, and the warm feeling that comes from helping others….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Shutterstock    Streets will be closed in parts of Center City in connection with the opening of the annual Wawa Welcome America! festival this Saturday. Delays can be expected and motorists are advised to use alternate routes, avoid this vicinity, if possible, allow for extra driving time and generally proceed with caution. Wawa…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Yelp   Philadelphia Business Journal Cheltenham Square Mall, having been foreclosed upon, has come up for sale. The 639,000-square-foot mall at 2385 Cheltenham Ave. in Cheltenham, Pa., last sold in 2005 for $71.5 million. At the time, New York-based Thor Equities bought the center from Simon Property Group with the assumption of a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Three of the Central Park Five youths–Raymond Santana, right, Kevin Richardson, and Yusef Salaam, left, react to supporters Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in New York. The three men who were exonerated in the 1989 Central Park Jogger case, were in court for a hearing in a $250 million federal lawsuit they filed against…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Freedom Summer activists sing before leaving training sessions at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, for Mississippi in June 1964.  (Ted Polumbaum Collection/Newseum)   By Benjamin Todd Jealous We have the antidote to voter suppression: massive voter registration. We proved it 50 years ago during Freedom Summer. We proved it again in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Accompanied by his wife Alma, left, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at his primary election night gathering, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in New York. Rangel is seeking his 23rd term against opponent state Sen. Adriano Espaillat. Election officials told The Associated Press Tuesday night that the Democratic primary between Rep. Charles Rangel and state…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Photo on newsone.com   By Kirsten West Savali newsone.com  Twitter exploded earlier this week with images of two very different baby sling packages, both manufactured by Baby K’Tan. In one image, a black mother is featured with her baby in the sling; in the other, a white woman is featured with her baby…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Justice Sonia Sotomayor   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)   By Kevin Freking  Associated Press WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejected on Sunday the notion that alternatives to affirmative action such as income or residency could achieve similar results in diversifying the nation’s colleges and universities. When asked whether other “less fractious”…

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