Why do we trade honor for dishonor in leadership? M ost ordinary folks are giving Donald John Trump far too much attention. When we talk about Trump dividing the country, and when we quake fearfully at the thought of “Trump 2.0” taking the country (along with the rest of the world, for that matter) into oblivion in 2024, we are […]
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Kamala Harris’s fight for reproductive freedom is necessary, courageousI t matters deeply that America has a woman as our vice president. That has never been truer than at this moment. Nothing makes this clearer than Vice President Kamala Harris’s courageous decision to champion reproductive freedom in the midst of a full-on assault on the right to choose. Right now, Vice President Harris is traveling the country on an […]
Management 100 offers hands-on work
Sponsored ContentA s part of Widener’s Management 100 course, we had the opportunity to work with local organizations and area youth to help them learn more about life as a student at Widener. Our professors partnered with the Chester Boys and Girls Club, STEM Academy Chester, and Chester Charter Scholars Academy for this project. We visited the locations and got to […]
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The ‘worker shortage’ myth impacts workersFor the past two centuries, America’s business elites have used immigration as a tool to avoid hiring black Americans. This pattern of discrimination has depressed African Americans’ employment and wages and is a significant cause of persistent racial wealth gaps. The trend began before the Civil War. By the early 1800s, many Northern states had banned slavery and were home […]
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Raising the minimum wage to $15 is necessaryFor the thousands of hard-working Pennsylvanians in Philadelphia and across our commonwealth who are struggling to provide for themselves and their families, 2024 must be the year that our elected leaders in Harrisburg take action to increase the minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage, as all of our neighboring states have already done – or permitting the City of Philadelphia […]
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Dexter King wanted justice for his dad’s killer(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Not another king dying far too soon. This was the immediate reaction of many to the news that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, had died from prostate cancer at age 62. In 2007, his sister Yolanda died at age 52. At the time of his death, Dexter […]
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How’s your Norbert Ulysses Theodore Smith today?Everybody has a Norbert Ulysses T. Smith in their lives. He is the guy who has an opinion on everything but is unusually wrong even more. He gambles on every sporting event and loses. And he never pays off. He will avoid you for weeks or until he believes you have forgotten the bet or you don’t stay angry waiting […]