Politics & Policy
Rethinking the Shore forum zeroes in on better planning, leadership
It was a night for expressing hopes, and the skepticism that undermines them.
About 60 people gathered at WHYY Monday night for th
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11 years ago
Like Florida, Pa. has ‘stand your ground’ law
As all eyes were on the case of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, something else came to the nation’s attention: “
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11 years ago
Back on the road to Harrisburg for Pa. voter ID’s latest day in court
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is back in the spotlight. Sort of.
The legislation, which supporters say would pre
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11 years ago
End the filibuster once and for all
Back when Republicans controlled the U.S. Senate, minority Democrats employed and defended their use of the filibuster, blocking votes on
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11 years ago
Does impatience sometimes stall, not spur, societal change?
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Of all the wise words attributed to Dr. Martin Luther King
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11 years ago
Pa. House GOP says attorney general Kane ‘ignoring her duty’
There’s an impasse over whether Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane can or cannot refuse to defend the state’s ban on
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11 years ago
Pa. budget allots more money to government transparency office
The Pennsylvania state budget just signed by Gov. Tom Corbett includes a 23 percent funding increase for the state Office of Open Records
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11 years ago
Casey says sequester cuts starting to hurt
It may have been a little while since you heard talk about “the sequester.” One local lawmaker says it’s unfair and are
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11 years ago
Study shows N.J., Pa. and Del. could profit from immigration reform
Immigration legislation pending in Congress could boost revenue for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to a stud
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11 years ago
Why Republicans should kill the Senate’s so-called immigration reform
Is anyone moved by the fake concern of the most partisan Democrats, like Senators Reid, Schumer, Menendez and Durbin, and liberal editori
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11 years ago
Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized
Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical bu
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11 years ago
Harrisburg on Philly schools — smoke, mirrors and a sorry replay
Let them eat smoke. Let them frolic before mirrors.
That’s the message Harrisburg sent the schoolchildren of Philadelphia la
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11 years ago
Latest U.S. jobs report, and a warning from Egypt, Brazil and Turkey.
Everyone knows that the fiscal and economic crisis in big cities like Philadelphia, in states like Pennsylvania, and throughout the Unite
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11 years ago