
Politics & Policy
Hundreds will be allowed in despite executive order; Iraq says it won’t retaliate
A senior U.S. official says 872 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite the Trump administration executive orde ...
8 years ago
Jury set to deliberate in Sen. Farnese federal fraud trial
Federal jurors were set to begin deliberating fraud charges against Philadelphia state Sen. Larry Farnese. ...
8 years ago
A view of Trump’s wall from our neighbors to the south
During a recent vacation week in Playa del Carmen, a tourist town 30 miles south of the Cancun airport, I chatted with dozens of locals, ...
8 years ago
A common cause; from Standing Rock to Sweet Water, New Jersey’s Pilgrim Pipeline
Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.
8 years ago
Listen 4:13Toomey wary on how Trump order balances security, refugees
Pennsylvania’s Republican Sen. Pat Toomey says President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration was too broad and poor ...
8 years ago
Thousands protest Trump immigration orders at PHL [photos]
An estimated 5,000 protesters filled the sidewalks and roadways outside of Philadelphia International Airport Sunday to denounce Presiden ...
8 years ago
UPDATE: Thousands protest Trump executive order detaining, deporting refugees at Philly airport
Updated: Sun. January 29, 2017, 5:50 p.m. According to airport officials, Philadelphia Police estimate t ...
8 years ago
Congressional redistricting event draws surprising crowd in Philly
This week, more than 800 people filled Arch St. United Methodist Church, to learn about a subject that you may have missed in civics clas ...
8 years ago
Earlier this morning, Sarah Assali’s mother was already planning a big dinner. Makes sense, since Assali had been anticipating the ...
8 years ago
Airport detentions spur protest in Philly, across nation [photos]
Updated: Sat., January 28, 11:10 p.m. As news of the detentions spread, protesters gathered at airports ...
8 years ago
Two Pa. GOP Congressmen outspoken against Trump immigration ban
Updated: Sun. January 29, 2017, 10:10 a.m. Two Pennsylvania GOP congressmen have broken with President T ...
8 years ago
Charge dropped for journalist arrested in Trump protest
Prosecutors have dropped the felony rioting charge filed against a journalist who was arrested after protesters began breaking windows in ...
8 years ago
Health care must be provided communally
Every once in a while, when I write something in defense of the Affordable Care Act, or point out that repealing it will lead 1.1 million ...
8 years ago
‘Unprecedented’ numbers of Pa. women from both parties looking to run for office
At 5:30 in the morning of November 9, 2016, Natasha Taylor-Smith crept into her 13-year-old daughter’s bedroom. She pi ...
8 years ago
ListenTrump to GOP lawmakers: ‘Our chance to achieve great change’
President Donald Trump on Thursday rallied fellow Republicans who control the White House and Congress for the first time in more than a ...
8 years ago