
Politics & Policy
Our great society remains another dream deferred
This week, Rev. Steven Lawrence, administrative assistant to the Pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church, joins NewsWorks as a guest ...
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ListenPhilly Controller candidates rumble Tuesday at WHYY
Tuesday evening, the candidates for City Controller will join in a one-hour debate at the studios of WHYY. Democratic incumbent Alan Butk ...
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Christie signals support for Dreamers’ in-state tuition
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he is closer to approving a bill that would allow residents brought to the U.S. illegally as chil ...
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Senator: Deal to avoid default and open government
Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial ...
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Shutdown isn’t a stalemate over principles; it’s spiteful vandalism
Sometimes it’s best just to quote your betters. Nick Kristof, the great columnist, recently proposed a thought exercise to c ...
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ListenU.S. appeals court hears arguments on Pa. citizen detained on immigration hold
A federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday in the case of a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania man jailed over suspicions that he was in t ...
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Would-be visitors to national parks, concessionaires frustrated by U.S. shutdown
Federal parkland and concessions remain closed this week, as the government shutdown drags on into an eighth day. It’s precipitatin ...
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Government shutdown stretches all the way to Normandy
Rob Fox from Lower Merion planned to visit the graves of the American soldiers killed on the beaches of Normandy in World War II. ...
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Supreme Court term begins amid government shutdown
The Supreme Court is opening for business in the midst of a partial government shutdown. The justices take the bench Monday for th ...
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WHYY pays tribute to an Auth-entic cartoon legend
Friday night I got to share a stage with two of the greats in the history of cartooning. One was Jules Feiffer, whose strip in the ...
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