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Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women. Philadelphia Democratic Party chairman U.S. Rep. Bob Brady says he's taking a
Philadelphia

Dem Party will ‘wait and see’ on sex harassment claims against Philly sheriff

Philadelphia's Democratic Party is staying out of sexual harassment allegations against the sheriff, said U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, who also leads the city's Democratic Party.

8 years ago

A map of the 7th congressional district as drawn in 2011. The district incorporates most of Delaware County and portions of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. (Dan Gleiter/pennlive.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Touring Pa.’s 7th congressional district, one of the nation’s most gerrymandered

Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional district, which has an eye-popping shape that spans five counties, has been described in terms of a Disney cartoon: Goofy kicking Donald Duck.

8 years ago

Listen 4:35
Radio Times
Politics
Sex & Relationships

Sexual assault in politics

This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men getting their comeuppance for sexual indiscretion. Today on the sho ...

8 years ago

Listen 30:24
An image reading
National Interest

Jeff Sessions magically refreshes his memory

You don't often see Jeff Sessions (Trump's hapless piñata) linked in the same sentence with Steve McQueen (the cool '60s actor), but I'm giving it a try.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Movies
TV

Sexual assault: in politics, in Hollywood

Guests: Michelle Goldberg, Tyler Coates This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men get ...

Air Date: November 15, 2017

Listen 49:17
Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny.  (Matt Rourke/AP)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Turzai announces run for Pa. governor

The Pittsburgh-area lawmaker is now the fourth GOP challenger to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who’s seeking a second term in 2018.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf intends to borrow from Pennsylvania's Tobacco Settlement Fund to balance the books. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Economy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Taxes

Pa. to fill budget holes by borrowing against tobacco fund

The loan from the Tobacco Settlement Fund will give the commonwealth money to balance its books up front. It will be paid back over several decades.

8 years ago

The term 'gerrymandering' was coined by the Boston Gazette in 1812 for Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry who signed off on a bill that distorted the state's congressional district into twisted and disjointed shapes.
WITF
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics

Listen to Smart Talk discuss ‘Over The Line?’ series

We discuss how Pennsylvania's congressional districts came to look like a Rorschach test, the effect on elections and policy and the impact on the citizenry.

8 years ago

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Vestavia Hills, Ala. According to a Thursday, Nov. 9 Washington Post story an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. Moore is denying the allegations.
National Interest
Elections
Law

Moore and Moore sickening, and the cult of winning

At what point does partisan tribalism and the cult of winning become so toxic that common decency becomes a casualty of war?

8 years ago

 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (AP, file)
PBS
Kids
National

Watch live: Attorney General Sessions to testify on Russia before House committee

8 years ago

Associated Press
Radio Times
International
Military

The Syrian civil war continues

Guests: Kareem Shaheen, Wendy Pearlman While no longer on the front pages of American newspapers, Syrian civil wa ...

Air Date: November 14, 2017

Listen 49:18
Philadelphia Inspector General Amy Kurland
Philadelphia

Philadelphia bolsters effort to protect city government whistleblowers from retaliation

City Inspector General Amy Kurland says city employees or contractors now have more leverage in the situation.

8 years ago

White House adviser Ivanka Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speak in Bayville, N.J., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, about tax overhaul, where they promised legislation moving through Congress would simplify the tax code and ease burdens on taxpayers.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
National
New Jersey
Taxes

Ivanka, Mnuchin pitch tax plan to friendly crowd

Ivanka Trump and Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin pitched the GOP tax plan in Ocean County, N.J.

8 years ago

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
National Interest

Putin’s useful idiot soils Veterans Day

Did you ever imagine that a president would blaspheme the holiday by sliming the U.S. intelligence community, siding with a hostile adversary, and declaring Kremlin First?

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state Sen. Scott Wagner, who is running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination next year, has been urging fellow Republicans not to support a natural gas severance tax — in part because he thinks it would help Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf politically. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Wagner: Too Trumpish for Pennsylvania?

After last week's Democratic wins, some Republicans worry state Sen. Scott Wagner is too Trumpish to win next year's Pennsylvania governor's race.

8 years ago

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