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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Health Care
Law
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. House passes veto-bound abortion bill amid constitutionality questions

Governor Tom Wolf has said he will veto the measure if the Senate passes it to him.

7 years ago

Protestors called for Representative Brian Sims to resign outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City Friday morning.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
National Interest
National Interest

We’re one Supreme Court case away from outlawing abortion

Anyone who still assumes that legal abortion is here to stay, and that Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land, should take a hard look at what's happening right now.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Business
Economy
International

The U.S.-China trade wars

We discuss the escalating trade war between China and the U.S., and the effect it could have on the markets, consumers, farmers and companies.

Air Date: May 15, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
Democratic mayoral candidate Alan Butkovitz. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Childhood mentor helped mayoral candidate Butkovitz learn to express himself effectively

Mayoral candidate Alan Butkovitz sees the irony in the fact that everything he had trouble with in school, he ended up having to do as part of his work or part of his life.

7 years ago

Listen 3:49
Delaware’s House advances a partial ban on plastic bags to the state Senate. If the Senate passes the legislation, it would take effect in January 2021. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Delaware
Environment

Delaware lawmakers one step closer to curtailing use of plastic bags

Delaware’s House advances a partial ban on plastic bags to the state Senate. If the Senate passes the legislation, it would take effect in January 2021.

7 years ago

The Alabama Senate has passed an abortion ban that would be one of the most restrictive in the United States. The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy unless a woman's life is threatened or in case of lethal fetal anomaly. (Dave Martin/AP)
NPR
Gender
National

Alabama lawmakers pass bill banning nearly all abortions

The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform abortions at any stage of a pregnancy, unless a woman's life is threatened or in case of a lethal fetal anomaly.

7 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street. (George Widman/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia
Taxes

Former mayor sues current mayor over Philly tax assessments

Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street, an adviser to mayoral candidates Anthony Williams, has sued Mayor Jim Kenney, claiming the city’s property tax assessments are unfair.

7 years ago

A rare Civil War-era photograph of an enslaved woman at Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's home in Virginia. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Radio Times
History
Race & Ethnicity

The reparations debate

Should the descendants of American slaves be compensated by the American government? Princeton's Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and UPenn's Adolph Reed Jr. join Marty to discuss.

Air Date: May 14, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:36
Philadelphia mayoral candidate Anthony Williams. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Philly mayoral candidate Anthony Williams prays for city to understand its bias

Instead of blaming Donald Trump for dividing the country, mayoral candidate Anthony Williams says Philadelphians should first confront their own prejudices.

7 years ago

Listen 4:03
The field of Democratic city council at-large seats is crowded and diverse. (Photos from WHYY files and candidates' web pages)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia

Political crowd: Your guide to Philly’s largest City Council at-large field in 40 years

Democratic voters can pick five of the 28 candidates for Philly City Council at-large in next week’s primary. The winners are all but certain to ascend to Council.

7 years ago

Democratic candidates for mayor Alan Butkovitz, left, state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, right, and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, center, participate in a live televised debate, Monday May 13, 2019, at the Comcast Technology Center  in Philadelphia.  NBC10 Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, Pool
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Philly candidates for mayor spar on crime, poverty in only televised debate

As Kenney faced off against state Sen. Anthony Williams and former City Controller Alan Butkovitz, the race showed its first signs of a pulse.

7 years ago

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 presidential candidate, addresses teachers in Philadelphia on Monday, May 12. 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
K-12
Kids

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stumps in Northeast Philly, presents education plan

Promising tuition-free public colleges and retiring student loan debt for millions if she’s elected president in 2020, Sen. Warren met with members of the American Federation

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney at the first groundbreaking of his signature Rebuild initiative. (Malcolm Burnley/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Kenney’s ambitious Rebuild project offers Philly chance to increase minority participation in city’s future

Rebuild initiative gives Philadelphia opening to do business with more minority- and women-owned firms. That’s been a city goal for decades.

7 years ago

Delaware State House
Delaware
Politics

Measures focused on gun safety stall in Delaware

Two hours of testimony concerning tightened regulations on firearms convinced Delaware Senate leaders to hold the proposals for further modification.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, center, is being challenged by former City Controller Alan Butkowitz, left, and state Sen. Anthony Williams, right. (WHYY file)
Philadelphia
NBC Philadelphia

Watch: Kenney takes on challengers Butkovitz, Williams in Philly mayoral debate

Mayor Jim Kenney, seeking a second term, is the first mayoral incumbent in 32 years to face a real challenge.

7 years ago

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