Politics & Policy
Did economics or bigotry motivate Trump voters? It was both.
There seems to be some bickering happening in the post-mortem analysis of the recent election. I sense a failure among shell-shocked libe ...
8 years ago
Soon to be AG, Shapiro gets grass-roots perspective on Philly gun violence
The first time John Solomon picked up a gun, he was 11 years old. ...
8 years ago
ListenGreen Party goes to Pa. Capitol to demand more election oversight
Green Party supporters were in Harrisburg Monday to back Jill Stein’s quest for a presidential vote recount in the commonwealth. ...
8 years ago
How the 2017 N.J. Democratic gubernatorial nomination looks right now
If it all plays out as anticipated, the campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor next year will pit good old-fashioned machine ...
8 years ago
Supreme Court hears cases about use of race in redistricting
The Supreme Court is returning to the familiar intersection of race and politics, in a pair of cases examining redistricting in North Car ...
8 years ago
The importance of being a savvy media consumer
The blame being placed on the mainstream media and social media platforms for the public’s information deficit is partially misplac ...
8 years ago
Stein’s recount efforts hope to expose ‘hacking’ in Pa. system
This week, the campaign for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein pushed for recounts of election results in the battleground sta ...
8 years ago
ListenAs push for recount continues, expert assesses integrity of voting machines
Philadelphia elections officials are granting a request to recount presidential election results in 75 precincts. But they’re rejec ...
8 years ago
ListenPartial recount set for Philadelphia presidential vote
Election officials in Philadelphia will conduct a recount Friday of the presidential vote in 75 of the city’s 1,686 precincts, in r ...
8 years ago
Fidel Castro and my mentor in exile
They say the good die young. The death of Fidel Castro at age 90 does not disprove this adage. My college mentor was a charming Sp ...
8 years ago
After declaring as ‘sanctuary campuses,’ Penn, Swarthmore work on details
Daisy Romero has never shied away from telling people she is not authorized to be in the U.S. “A lot of us identified as ...
8 years ago
ListenWhy Philadelphia must remain a sanctuary city
The word “sanctuary” conjures images of safety, freedom, and protection. It’s something the City of Brotherly Love has ...
8 years ago
Pa. congressman says he’s mulling post as Trump Labor secretary
A Republican Congressman from Central Pennsylvania may have a spot in Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Lou Barletta said Tuesday that ...
8 years ago
Montco judge shuts down presidential vote recounts
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Bernard Moore yesterday rejected the plea of Green Party candidate Jill Stein to recount the preside ...
8 years ago