Image

7:03 PM / Thursday April 25, 2024

Local

Philadelphia’s Job Market Shows Gains

March 31, 2013

City Controller Alan Butkovitz today released his latest monthly economic report that indicated Philadelphia’s employment count for February totaled 661,000 jobs, which is an increase of 2,600 over the last year. 

Read More

The Hours

March 24, 2013

I’d like to start this off with a piece of advice that I’m thinking Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath wishes he had before he walked into the National Constitution Center Monday night before starting what turned out to be two nights of conversation about the magazine’s “Being White In Philly” article.

Read More

The Real GOP Problem

March 24, 2013

A cottage industry lately has grown up among writers eager to offer both diagnosis and prognosis for the problems facing the Republican Party. The party, we hear, is in deep trouble, perhaps on the edge of dissolution and maybe beyond rescue or respite.

Read More

Defense: Philly abortion doc’s case ‘a lynching’

March 24, 2013

Gosnell, 72, is accused of running a rogue clinic that ignored the state ban on third-term abortions and 24-hour waiting periods. Prosecutors say he also maimed desperate, often poor women and teens by letting his untrained staff perform abortions and give anesthesia.

Read More

Philadelphia Magazine Fight Club

March 14, 2013

When I think of Philadelphia Magazine, a periodical that is as inaccurately named as anything I’ve ever seen, I think of two things: One is the staff of the Temple News when I was an undergraduate student at the place that sometimes runs as fast as it can from its title of “Diversity University” and the other is the movie Fight Club.

Read More

PABJ challenges Phila. Magazine

March 14, 2013

The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ) abhors the portrayal of the Philadelphia Black community and race relations in Philadelphia Magazine’s cover article “Being White in Philly” dated for March 13, 2013.

Read More

City Hall smackdown

March 14, 2013

A funny thing happened on Mayor Michael Nutter’s way to his Budget Address… a bunch of City Workers showed up. Mayor Michael Nutter was supposed to deliver his budget address in City Council on Thursday.

Read More

Gov. Corbett continues to mislead on liquor stores

March 14, 2013

Gov. Corbett continues to mislead Pennsylvanians in his push to dismantle the PLCB and outsource the PA Lottery, but facts have a funny habit of getting in the way. First, Gov. Corbett said it was perfectly legal to give the PA Lottery away to a foreign-based company without a single public hearing.

Read More

Recent News

Philly NAACP

April 21, 2024

March 17, 2024

Sports

Hank Aaron rose above racist hate mail and threats in pursuit of Ruth’s home run record 50 years ago

April 14, 2024

ABOVE PHOTO: Hank Aaron holds aloft the ball he hit for his 715th career home run, against...

Health

Know as they grow; how birth defects affect each stage of life

April 22, 2024

Family Features Birth defects, structural changes†that†affect one or more parts of the body, are the leading cause...

Election 2024

Shapiro administration implements new federal work study program for nonpartisan civic engagement

April 22, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. -– The Shapiro administration has implemented a new program from the U.S. Department of Education...

Color Of Money

Advancing your skills to stand out in today’s job market

April 22, 2024

BPTBy Andréa Backman, President of Strayer University You’ve probably heard a lot about “the skills gap”-the disparity...

Seniors

Finding your strength while living with Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)

April 22, 2024

BPT LaQuilla Harris, a devoted mother, grandmother and retired property manager, led a healthy and active lifestyle...

The Philadelphia Sunday Sun Staff