Politics & Policy

As World War I raged, the local Socialist Party came under fire — and sparked a challenge to the Espionage Act.

The FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided “all relevant” ones to the White House counsel's office.

President Joe Biden will head to the Allentown area Wednesday as he fights for passage in the Senate of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure measure.

The Child Tax Credit could reduce child poverty by one-third in Philadelphia. But official estimates show more work is needed to reach the poorest.

A group of activists, state lawmakers, and City Councilmembers say the mayor has until July 30 to address eight proposals to deal with the city’s historic surge in gun violenc

Davidson’s alleged theft centers on one of the most maligned systems in Pennsylvania government: legislative per diems.

The state currently requires nursing homes to provide residents with 2.7 hours of direct care each day, despite a much higher federal recommendation.

He coined "the cruelty is the point". In his collection of essays, Adam Serwer sees Trump administration as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on.

Wolf had said changes to the state’s voter ID rules were a nonstarter. But he shifted that position this week after vetoing the Republican-passed bill.

After nearly two-and-a-half hours of public comment, the Atlantic City Council voted to no longer allow the needle exchange at the Oasis Drop-in Center to operate.

Gov. John Carney has signed off on a statewide police camera program that Delaware lawmakers unanimously approved last month.

The Superior Court’s chief judge agreed with the attorney general that the ex-chief’s actions amounted to an ‘infamous crime’ that barred him from office.

The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy new voting machines or lease new ones.

Shapiro spoke briefly before the press right before he was set to give oral arguments in support of his motion to block “illegal conduct” by the United States Postal Service.

The Biden administration is sending checks to 90% of American children in an effort to combat child poverty. We'll look at the potential impact of child tax credit expansion.