Politics & Policy
Obama recieves pardon request for Fattah
In a joint letter sent to President Barack Obama, former Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton, Lanny Davis, Esquire, and Rev. Dr. Th ...
8 years ago
Trump infrastructure plans buoy area lawmakers worried over transit safety
Last week when more than 100 commuters were injured in a New York train crash, many lawmakers in the region immediately thought of the 20 ...
8 years ago
ListenShapiro, to be sworn in as AG next week, announces top aides
The man scheduled to be sworn in as Pennsylvania’s next attorney general next week is naming his ...
8 years ago
The Democratic Party let down voters, not the other way around
Dear DNC chair and vice chair candidates, As a recent immigrant, I couldn’t vote in the last election. I now call Philadelph ...
8 years ago
Few presidents have been as concerned with their legacy as Barack Obama. From writing his first memoir at age 34, to declaring ...
8 years ago
American leadership and international human rights
How do we respond powerfully, with courage, and moral imagination in the wake of our new administration?
8 years ago
Comey won’t say if FBI is investigating connection between Russia, Trump campaign
A Democratic senator is pushing FBI Director James Comey to disclose whether it is investigating any relationships Russia might have had ...
8 years ago
Booker: Sessions lacks ‘courageous empathy’ attorney general needs
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey broke with congressional tradition Wednesday and testified against a fellow senator being consi ...
8 years ago
Trump, the CIA, and the historical fallacy
Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...
8 years ago
Trump son-in-law Kushner to take senior White House role
President-elect Donald Trump’s influential son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will join the White House as a senior adviser, according ...
8 years ago
Report puts Wolf among 12 ‘most vulnerable’ governors in 2018 election
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is halfway through his first term and looking ahead to another run in 2018. But a ...
8 years ago
Temple administrator in line for Montco commissioner opening
A Temple University official is the front-runner to replace Josh Shapiro on the Montgomery County board of commissioners. Shapiro, ...
8 years ago
More low-wage workers would escape poverty if tax credit included childless
Those of us focused on the well-being of Americans with low incomes have many concerns about the incoming Trump administration, but we se ...
8 years ago
Trump hire linked to New Jersey bridge scandal
Donald Trump has hired a political adviser whom New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut ties with two years ago in the fallout from the George ...
8 years ago