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Philly City Council-at large ballot positions: coincidence or not?
Much was made last month of the role ...
11 years ago
WHYY to stream audio/video of Monday morning’s mayoral debate
All six candidates in the Democratic mayoral-primary field will field a wide array of questions on Monday morning at a debate co-sponsore ...
11 years ago
Kenney, Willliams support Council push to disclose $uper PAC sources
Two mayoral candidates who’ve benefited most from super-PAC money said Friday that they support a push to shine more light on where ...
11 years ago
Endorsement drama, tech talk and more: NinetyNine’s week in review
At high noon each Friday during Philadelphia’s mayoral-primary season, NinetyNine will post a roundup of noteworthy stories from th ...
11 years ago
Williams, Kenney battle for black votes amid racial-math tango
WHYY’s Dave Davies used Thursday morning’s ...
11 years ago
Talking points, beefs and eye-opening quips define Fox29 mayoral debate
Lynne Abraham thinks the Sixers are “pathetic.” Doug Oliver finds out one of his foes would vote for him. Milton Street namec ...
11 years ago
Self and the City: Finding meaning in our work depends on the communities around us
Ideas become reality only when we experience them — in our bodies, our selves, our daily lives. So when a great bunch of Philade ...
11 years ago
Tony Williams says his father ‘is smiling a broad smile’ in heaven after Black Clergy endorsement
The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity formally endorsed Anthony Hardy Williams for the city’s next mayor after its prayer b ...
11 years ago
Young and disadvantaged communities must actively oppose unfair redevelopment
Gentrification is a heart-breaking concern in the black community, which is being forced out of neighborhoods, because developers see potential that residents can't afford.
11 years ago
NinetyNine’s Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 7
There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than four weeks before Philadelphia voters go to the mayoral primary polls. So much, in ...
11 years ago
Davies: Where in the mayoral-campaign world is Johnny Doc?
On Tuesday’s NewsWorks Tonight, WHYY’s Dave Davies got to wondering about why labor leader/political kingmaker/big Jim Kenney ...
11 years ago
Black Clergy endorses Tony Williams for mayor (but really, really likes Jim Kenney, too)
Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity Inc., a self-described “leadi ...
11 years ago
Last-minute scheduling conflict spoils Jim Kenney Quizzo Night in East Falls [updated]
In recent weeks, talk during Quizzo Night at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloonery in East Falls often returned to a ...
11 years ago
Nelson Diaz on his plan for victory and getting heard in a crowded mayoral crowd [photo gallery]
NinetyNine caught up with mayoral candidate Nelson Diaz last week to chat about his read on the race thus far and where he thinks it̵ ...
11 years ago
Latino political group jumps from Diaz to Kenney to the dismay of some
WHYY’s Katie Colaneri has reported that a group of Latino political leaders has dropped its support of Nelson Diaz to back Jim Kenn ...
11 years ago