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Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D, Contributor for The Weekly Challenger Newspaper As many of you know, I worked as former Mayor Rick Baker’s Deputy Mayor for …

St. Petersburg’s Black Poverty Rate Falls Again, Reaches All-Time Low

By Gypsy C. Gallardo, CEO, The 2020 Plan │ September 21, 2017 Last week, on September 14th, the U.S. Census released its newest data on poverty in St. …

Black-White Divide in District 6 Results

The brave eight souls who competed in the District 6 race; from left – James Scott, Maria Scruggs, Jim Jackson, Justin Bean, Eritha Cainion, Gina Driscoll, …

Why I endorse Eritha Akile Cainion for District 6 City Council and Jesse Nevel for Mayor

– By Omali Yeshitela I endorse the campaigns of Eritha Akile Cainion and Jesse Nevel for District 6 City Council seat and Mayor respectively. They are …

NEW: Kriseman Edges Ahead of Baker in Black Vote; Nevel Inches Up

– By Gypsy C. Gallardo Just six days out from the primary election, Mayor Rick Kriseman has edged ahead of Baker in the black vote for the first time, …

Younger Voters to Elders: We Want to Do More; Show us How!

Bro. John Muhammad, front left, with Open Mic participants – by Natasha Goodley, J.D., Senior Consultant, White & Black Consulting The overwhelming …

This is When We Decide What & Who Matters

– By Deputy Mayor Dr. Kanika Tomalin St. Pete’s mayoral election is giving summer a run for its money with the heat it’s generating. As a …

Airing our dirty laundry; in search of our higher selves

– By Gypsy C. Gallardo For those unfamiliar with African American cultural mores, there was a time not long ago when one did not put our baggage “on …

Lowering the Flag is Just the Beginning of Baker’s Offenses & Sins of Omission

– By Pinellas County School Board Member Rene Flowers On February 1, 2016, Mayor Rick Kriseman did what no other Mayor before him had ever done in the …

New Survey: Eritha and Maria Driving Energy in District 6 Race

– By Gypsy C. Gallardo After scrapping our first attempt to survey voters about District 6, and scrubbing responses from our second survey (concluded …

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