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In the battle of idealism vs. cynicism, the better angels still win

Are you an idealist … or a cynic? Is it possible to be both? Are the two attitudes polar opposites, or two halves of the same coin? ...

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Former head of Reading police diversity board calls for federal monitor

The longtime head of Reading’s police diversity board says the ciry’s police department is failing to live up to the terms of ...

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 A parking garage on Arch Street and a retaining wall on 15th Street impede pedestrian traffic around Love Park. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Pa. and charter schools — anything but perfect together

The data will guide you. The data will save you. The data will set you free. That’s the credo of Silicon Valley. It ...

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Illegal immigrants lie to get asylum status in U.S.

In May, 2011, the world’s attention was focused on the story of Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel housekeeper in New York, who claimed she ...

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Libertarian Ken Krawchuk to run for Pa. governor

A Libertarian Party activist is the first third-party candidate to enter the Pennsylvania governor’s race. Ken Krawchuk, who ...

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Gore endorses McGinty in Pa. governor’s race

Katie McGinty is getting an endorsement from a visible ex-employer, former Vice President Al Gore, as she campaigns in a crowded field of ...

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 Pilar Molina and Caitlin Resindez are the wife and daughter of Isreal Resendiz-Hernandez, a Norristown shop owner who was detained for deportation on Jan. 27. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Hunger strike draws closer look at deportation

Three immigration detainees being held in central Pennsylvania have been on a hunger strike to protest their continued detention and poss ...

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 Bob and Bill Sullivan from Philadelphia have been together for 22 years. They were denied a marriage license at Philadelphia's City Hall today, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Gay couple seeking marriage license turned away in Philly

Challenges continue as efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania press on. A gay couple attempted to obtain a marriage ...

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Breaking the link between jobs and health coverage would be a wise move

The notion that Obamacare is a disaster is now normative. I heard a radio ad the other day. One person tells another, “You l ...

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 An abandoned car and a tree limb that took out a utility line block a road in the aftermath of a winter storm Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. An ice storm left more than 849,000 Pennsylvania households and businesses without electricity last week.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

5 things I learned when the power went out

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 WHYY and Philadelphia Business Journal host a conversation with the 2014 Pa. Gubernatorial candidates about jobs, innovation and economic development. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Dems tough on Corbett, kind to each other at WHYY-Business Journal forum

As Tom Corbett prepared to give his fourth budget address Tuesday, five Democratic candidates competed to do the most memorable job of ar ...

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Changes sought for Endangered Species Act

Republicans in Congress say a 40-year-old law meant to protect animals and plants from extinction has become bogged down by litigation an ...

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