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 Event organizer William Miller is flanked by former elected officials John Myers, Donna Reed Miller, George Burrell and Leanna Washington at Thursday's Tony Williams endorsement gathering. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Organizers: Williams counter-endorsement event in Northwest Philly not about racial politics

They said a recent endorsement of Jim Kenney by several Northwest Philadelphia elected officials in West Oak Lane offended them. S ...

11 years ago

The corner of Fairmount and Corinthian marks the southwestern corner of Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood.
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Equitable neighborhood development depends on overcoming racism, hate and fear

The most challenging issue for me with regard to my work is the barriers to communication created by prejudice and fear, particularly within my own ethnic group.

11 years ago

Doug Oliver expands education-policy proposal from schools to homes and beyond

Education remains the focal issue in Philadelphia mayoral-campaign coversations, and Democratic candidate Doug Oliver made a move on Wedn ...

11 years ago

 Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams speaks with WHYY's Chris Satullo during Wednesday morning's candidates forum. (Stephanie Aaronson/via The Next Mayor partnership)

Philly mayoral candidates get one-on-one talk time at WHYY/PENJERDEL Council forum

WHYY and the PENJERDEL Council teamed up for a Wednesday morning mayoral forum ...

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 Rob Dubow, Philadelphia's Director of Finance and Chief Education Officer Lori Shorr evaluated ideas being discussed on how to fund the city schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Nutter, team dismissive of ‘bogus’ school-funding plans from mayoral candidates

As you may have already heard, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter doesn’t much respect the “bogus” (his words, not Ninet ...

11 years ago

 Mayoral candidate Jim Kenney was endorsed by elected officials in Northwest Philadelphia last week. A different group will endorse Anthony Hardy Williams on Thursday. (NewsWorks, file art)

Group reacts to Northwest Philly officials backing Kenney with pro-Williams ‘set the record straight’ event

When a group of African American elected officials from Northwest Philadelphia ...

11 years ago

 The answers from this week's mayoral-quotes quiz at The Roots, playing with Jimmy Fallon and Madonna. (NewsWorks illustration with original photo via NBC10)

NinetyNine’s Mayoral Race Quotes-of-the-Day Quiz Vol. 6

There is quite a bit to examine with fewer than five weeks before Philadelphia voters go to the mayoral primary polls. So much, in ...

11 years ago

 State Rep. Dwight Evans, who ran for mayor eight years ago, shakes Jim Kenney's hand at last week's endorsement event in West Oak Lane. That event features prominently in a new campaign ad. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

A new TV ad (and labor endorsement) arrives for Jim Kenney

As reported by WHYY’s Dave Davies, Forward Philadelphia — the independent expenditure group backing former City Councilman Jim Ke ...

11 years ago

Tony Williams seeks votes outside the Reading Terminal Market [photo gallery and subsequent Q&A]

“How are you doing? I’m Anthony Hardy Williams and I’m running for mayor of Philadelphia.” With that intro ...

11 years ago

 Mayoral candidate Doug Oliver poses for a selfie with students who attended the Youth Mayoral Summit at Venice Island Perfoming Arts Center in Manayunk Saturday afternoon. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

Doug Oliver wins Philly mayoral primary (at weekend summit of teenage voters) [updated]

About 150 children, most younger than the legal voting age, headed out to Manayunk on Saturday for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southe ...

11 years ago

 Jim Kenney (left) and Lynne Abraham (right) teamed up with millenials 'to develop unique ideas for Philadelphia's economic growth' on Friday night. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Unique ‘MillenniaLab’ event draws mayoral-candidate quartet to Center City co-working space [updated]

As mayoral-campaign events go, Friday night’s “Mayoral MillenniaLab” gathering inside the Benjamin’s Desk co-work ...

11 years ago

 Lynne Abraham chats with staffers in her Center City campaign headquarters last week. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

Lynne Abraham chats with PlanPhilly about how bike lanes impact seniors, fixing L&I and more

NinetyNine’s good friends over at PlanPhilly recently sat down with mayoral candidate ...

11 years ago

 Lynne Abraham and her group at Friday night's 'Mayoral MillenniaLab' event. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

While you were gone: Racial math, Madonna, upcoming events and more

Wondering what’s been going on with the mayoral campaign since you walked away from your computer on Friday? We got you covered. ...

11 years ago

 In early March, the City Council Candidates Convention drew hundreds of attendees and dozens of politicians, both aspiring and elected, to WHYY. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

WHYY-Penjerdel Council mayoral forum scheduled for Wednesday morning

Late last month, NinetyNine sent out word that ...

12 years ago

 Lynne Abraham checks her phone during a break in a busy campaign Wednesday. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

Abraham faints, Williams talks cop firings and Kenney lands support: 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 ...

12 years ago

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