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Politics & Policy

Philadelphia City Council-at-Large candidate Justin DiBerardinis. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Justin DiBerardinis runs for Philadelphia City Council on a good government platform

DiBerardinis’ policy platform calls for both government reform and progressive economic policies, packaged in what he describes as “a New Deal for Philadelphia.”

8 years ago

An Atlantic City Rail Line train to 30th Street Station in Philadelphia arrives in Lindenwold, N.J. last August. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Politics
Transportation

Elected officials to N.J. Transit: South Jersey deserves better

A New Jersey state senator and two assemblymen are demanding answers from NJ Transit about the ongoing closure of the Atlantic City Rail Line.

8 years ago

Andrew McCabe talked about his new memoir with NPR's Morning Edition.
(Amr Alfiky/NPR)
NPR
National

Andrew McCabe, ex-FBI Deputy, describes ‘remarkable’ number of Trump-Russia contacts

The former acting director of the bureau says he and Justice Department leaders were so rattled following the dismissal of James Comey they struggled with how to respond.

8 years ago

President Trump speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Friday to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
National

Trump will ‘protect’ emergency declaration if Congress disapproves, Miller says

A resolution of disapproval would let Congress overturn Trump's declaration and would likely pass in the Democratically controlled House of Representatives.

8 years ago

Paul Birmingham, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, writes on a cross placed in memory of student Gina Montaldo outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Public Safety

Pa. school threat system fields thousands of tips in first month

The program passed the Legislature with near unanimity last year, mandating it encompass all K-12 students in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump turns back to the audience after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National Interest
National

A national emergency: Fealty to Trump or the Constitution?

We will soon learn whether he has fatally infuriated the Fellowship of the Furrowed Brow.

8 years ago

A man walks amid rubble in the Syrian town of Douma in April 2018. A report out Sunday confirmed that a chemical attack early that month was one of hundreds since the start of the Syrian civil war. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photo)
NPR
International

More than 300 chemical attacks launched during Syrian Civil War, study says

The report's authors attributed 2 percent of the chemical weapons attacks in Syria to the Islamic State.

8 years ago

Browne Hall on the quad at Cheyney University
Government Accountability
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity

Historically black colleges, universities get boost under measure sailing through Congress

Legislation to strengthen the partnership between historically black college and universities is on a fast track to become law.

8 years ago

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke left the Trump administration amid unresolved ethics investigations. His department has been inundated by Freedom of Information requests and is now proposing a new rule which critics charge could limit transparency.
(Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
NPR
National

Interior Dept.’s push to limit public records requests draws criticism

Public records requests to the office of the Secretary of the Interior have increased by over 200 percent since 2016. Critics say that proposed rule changes will limit access.

8 years ago

In this file photo from Nov. 2, 2006, cooling towers of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant are reflected in the Susquehanna River in this time exposure photograph in Middletown, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment

Uncertainty shadows Pennsylvania’s debate over nuclear power

Four decades after Three Mile Island's commercial nuclear power accident, financial rescues of nuclear power plants are stirring the highest levels of government.

8 years ago

A volunteer carries a bag with U.S. humanitarian aid goods in Cúcuta, Colombia, along the border with Venezuela, on Feb. 8. (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

U.S. masses aid along Venezuelan border as some humanitarian groups warn of risks

Some aid workers are being denounced as opposition activists and there are fears that all aid could be blocked. The situation could soon resemble a "medieval siege."

8 years ago

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (Kerstin Joensson/AP Photo)
International

Iran pressures Europe to do more to save the nuclear deal

Angela Merkel's comments at the Munich Security Conference followed days of acrimony between the U.S. and Europe over Iran.

8 years ago

Kristin Shaffer, 12, of Port Trevorton, Pa., cleans her brown Swiss dairy cow during the 103rd Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP)
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Finding younger farmers: Gov. Wolf proposes tax breaks, loans in new Pa. Farm Bill

The agriculture industry is facing a workforce shortage and Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration hopes to address it with the Pennsylvania Farm Bill.

8 years ago

Alexsis Rodgers, president of Virginia Young Democrats, is one of the disappointed constituents who worked hard to elect some of the officials at the center of the Virginia controversies. Now, Rodgers says, the state democratic party must develop diverse leaders before there's another crisis. (Sarah McCammon/NPR)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Virginia Democrats now look to women of color for leadership

When you talk to Virginia Democrats these days, you hear a lot of words like "disappointing" and "frustrating."

8 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, waves to the crowd after speaking at Women's Unity Rally organized by Women's March NYC at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan in New York. On Thursday, Feb. 14, newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of cheers as Amazon announced it was abandoning plans to build a sought-after headquarters in New York City. Activists berated the online giant for a $3 billion package of tax breaks she said the city could better invest in hiring teachers or fixing the subway. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo, File)
Business
National

Amazon decision a win for Democrats’ rising left wing

This is not the Democratic Party of yesteryear. Or even last year.

8 years ago

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