Color Of Money

Philadelphia families are desperate for quality education for their children. This has never been more apparent than today, with talk of more public school closures and charter schools at capacity or closing for failing to “make the grade.”

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Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Philadelphia announced today that Edwin “Eddie F” Fennell has been named Assistant Program Director and Music Director for Power 99 FM WUSL-FM and WDAS-FM, effective immediately.

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Transmitters have been storing up tax return data for weeks, just chomping at the bit, waiting for the starting pistol to go off. Finally, this week, the IRS opened the e-filing gates. Still, things are running behind schedule this year.

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An attorney out of Chicago and national radio show host for the Radio One Network has been indicted after being accused of defrauding lenders out of more than $10 million. The indictment has been announced by the US Attorney’s Office…

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As with December’s unemployment report, African Americans won’t find much solace in the employment-population ratio, which provides a more-accurate measure of joblessness than the better-known unemployment report.

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One of the biggest mistakes businesspeople make is assuming that working from home will automatically result in a higher level of productivity. Unless you carefully construct your home office environment, you may find that working from home is less productive than you anticipated.

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PA seniors have plenty of reason not to trust this move. This Governor takes it as a point of pride to put state employees out of work (see the tens of thousands of teachers his budget cuts put out of work). This Governor also has shown disdain for government programs that help people in need…

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In a stunning climax, President Obama scored a last-minute victory as Congress halted income tax increases for 99 percent of Americans in a bid to keep the nation from g o i n g over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” The deal came together near midnight Jan. 1 as the House joined the Senate in supporting the deal…

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Lisa Jackson, the first African-American administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is stepping down early next year, she announced Dec. 27. Jackson, 50, a chemical engineer by training, did not give any reasons for her departure, saying only that…

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After decades of slow or no progress in middle class incomes, and with the recovery limping along at a glacial pace, and with even that progress threatened by fiscal and European troubles, the challenge is daunting.

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