
Politics & Policy
Pennsylvania presidential recount showdown set for Monday
A hearing is set for Monday in Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s challenge to Pennsylvania’s presidential vote, won by Donal ...
9 years ago
Sen. Scott Wagner’s attack on workers
When Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York, looks in the mirror, he sees Donald Trump wearing a Pennsylvania sash. But while Donald Trump at least sa ...
9 years ago
‘Porngate’ emails did not compromise Pa. justice system, AG says
After a yearlong review of more than 6 million emails sent in and out of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, interim Attorn ...
9 years ago
Drawn to or dreading politics at Thanksgiving, election making for awkward holiday dinner
Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time for bonding with your family. On the heels of this year’s tempestuous presidential cam ...
9 years ago
ListenProtesters pressure Toomey to denounce Trump adviser Bannon
Activists are pressuring Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey to denounce Stephen Bannon, the controversial former Breitbart News executive ...
9 years ago
Being a College Republican after Donald Trump’s victory
Many students on college campuses here in Philadelphia and across the country reacted to Donald Trump’s election with protests, can ...
9 years ago
Can we get from ‘Donald the Terrible’ to ‘Donald the Bearable’?
The history of kings and emperors and rulers is replete with tales of madness, illness and general unsuitability for office.
9 years ago
What if your best friend voted for Donald Trump?
Who are the Trump voters? And what if one of them is your best friend?
9 years ago
Fix the Electoral College and let the people decide
This is absurd. This is an outrage. For the second time in only five elections we are about to inaugurate a president who received fewer ...
9 years ago
For minority communities, Trump’s election reopens old wounds caused by bigotry
On a mild Tuesday night eight years and one week ago, I took a road trip from Detroit to Chicago. I was a 29-year-old graduate student ...
9 years ago
Walkout calls for sanctuary campuses to protect undocumented students
Hundreds of Philadelphia-area college students walked out of classes Wednesday as part of a national day of action urging unive ...
9 years ago
After stunning election upset, Pa. pollsters take stock of methods, misses
Last week, Pennsylvania voters of both parties watched in surprise — and, in some cases, shock — as Donald Trump won the commonwealth ...
9 years ago
Anti-Trump protests continue in New York, LA, Philadelphia
Immigrants, their advocates and others opposing a Donald Trump presidency continued to protest Sunday, speaking out against the president ...
9 years ago
‘Virtual’ refugee journey a somber reminder things could always be worse
How ironic. Just as many Americans were threatening to move to Canada, an installation opened on Independence Mall to replicate the exper ...
9 years ago