Politics & Policy
Protesters plan rally targeting MSNBC at Comcast shareholder meeting
Tea party organizers have invited protesters to Comcast’s annual shareholders meeting in Philadelphia Wednesday morning. Ana ...
13 years ago
Whites and African-Americans voting rate gap closed in Pa., N.J. in 2012
The Census Bureay says African-American voting rates surpassed white voting rates in the 2012 elections. A new report from the Censu ...
13 years ago
Catholic Archdiocese of Camden pushing for immigration reforms
The Catholic Diocese of Camden is reaching out to parishioners to support comprehensive immigration reform. The Catholic Church ha ...
13 years ago
Philly pols’ empty rhetoric leaves city’s kids behind
If they ever make hypocrisy an Olympic sport, I think Philadelphia City Council has a real shot at the gold. Its budget hearing ti ...
13 years ago
TV news’ sound and fury signifies less and less information
It has been a stressful, tragic couple of weeks for national breaking news. So a lot of us, me included, have spent an unusual amo ...
13 years ago
Philly City Council passes LGBT equality bill
Philadelphia City Council has passed a bill aimed at ensuring equal treatment and expanding health coverage for lesbian, gay, bisexual an ...
13 years ago
Ad targets lawmaker from Bucks on Pa. liquor privatization plan
A group lobbying for a swift end to the Pennsylvania liquor store system has ...
13 years ago
Delaware AG Biden unveils plans to keep guns away from dangerous people [video]
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joined state lawmakers to unveil legislation that is designed to keep guns away from the dangerously ...
13 years ago
Advocates, opponents say Senate plan on immigration changes needs work
The Senate’s Gang of 8 has released the full text of a proposal to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. The bill ...
13 years ago
Why the Ken Burns documentary “The Central Park Five” finally turned me against the death penalty
I’ve been a holdout, declining to join the progressive movement to abolish the death penalty everywhere in the United States and th ...
13 years ago
Toomey background check amendment fails in Senate
Though more that 90 percent of Americans support requiring background checks for all gun buyers, it was not enough to convince U.S. legis ...
13 years ago
Sequester hits Delaware Water Gap
Another casualty of the federal sequester. To meet a mandated budget cut of five percent, the National Parks Service will close tw ...
13 years ago