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Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones on Another View

Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones joins the Another View Team in the WHRO Studios on July 17th, 2025
Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones joins the Another View Team in the WHRO Studios on July 17th, 2025

Republicans are in the majority in the House of Representatives, The Senate, and of course, The White House, making it difficult for Democrats to get legislation passed or to stop legislation that the minority party deems detrimental to the American people. Mid- terms elections are in 2026, and the Democratic Party is trying to figure out how to convince the electorate to vote them back in power. Enter the Majority Democrats - a coalition of elected officials from all levels of government determined to remake the Democratic Party's image, recruit new candidates, and challenge policies they say are holding back the party. The Mayor of Newport News, Phillip Jones is an inaugural member, and he shared the vision with this edition of Another View. This and all Another View Programs can be heard on demand on the show's program page.

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.