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Politics & Policy

 Gov. Tom Wolf is shown at a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
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Elections
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. voters must hold elected officials accountable on climate protection

It’s been a few weeks since President Trump put partisan politics ahead of the health of future generations with his announcement t ...

9 years ago

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
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Law
Neighborhoods

How gerrymandering can make your vote worthless

When voters cast ballots for state representatives last fall, millions of Americans essentially had no choice: In 42 percent of all such ...

9 years ago

Williams to restaurant owner who was deputized after gifts: ‘Have you flashed your badge lately?’

Philadelphia restaurant owner Mike Weiss was a “super friend” of Seth Williams, or at least that’s what the city’ ...

9 years ago

 The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official group portrait to include new Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Thursday. June 1, 2017. Seated in bottom row are, from left, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing in top row are, from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish

The Supreme Court enters its final week of work before a long summer hiatus with action expected on the Trump administration’s trav ...

9 years ago

 CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrives at the Capitol to brief members of the House Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of President Donald Trump reportedly sharing classified information with two Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office, in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

CIA chief Mike Pompeo: Intel leaks on the rise, cites leaker ‘worship’

CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America’s secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the “wor ...

9 years ago

 Syrians shop at the Hamadiyah market, or souk in Arabic, that was named after the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II, in the Old City of Damascus in May. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, file)
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Books
History
Immigration

Alia Malek challenges us to reimagine Syrian-American

News about Syria stresses geopolitics, so it takes some effort to find an article remidning us that Syria is an actual country with people living there, and dying there. 

9 years ago

 Adrianne Gunter receives treatment for her multiple sclerosis through Medicaid. She fears the proposed GOP health care bill will limit her ability to receive treatment. (Liz Tung/WHYY)

At statewide vigils, protesters press Toomey on health care bill

Protesters who fear the U.S. Senate Republicans’ health care proposal will hurt Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable citizens have targeted ...

9 years ago

 U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania has downplayed concerns over Medicaid cuts in the ACA alternative that he helped write. His Democratic colleague, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, has blasted the plan as

Medicaid a flashpoint for Pennsylvania in U.S. Senate health bill

Reductions in Medicaid spending in the just-unveiled health care bill written by Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey and his fellow U.S. Senate ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia City Hall from street level (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Council trio proposes public funding for Philadelphia candidates

Candidates for Mayor, City Council and other offices in Philadelphia could get taxpayer funding for their campaigns under a bill proposed ...

9 years ago

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 President Donald Trump speaks about the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana at a baseball practice, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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National

Promoting civility in Washington in the age of Trump

President Trump said all the right things after five people were shot by a gunman at a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, las ...

9 years ago

 Mayor Jim Kenney and  City Solicitor Sozi Pedro  Tulante (right) talk about Philadelphia's policy on unauthorized immigrants. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

Philadelphia complying with immigration regulations, city tells U.S.

The city of Philadelphia has notified Department of Justice officials that it’s in compliance with federal regulations on undocumen ...

9 years ago

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PHA is investing $45 million into its headquarters on Ridge Avenue as a part of the Sharswood/Blumberg Transformation plan. Today was the groundbreaking.  (Photo courtesy of PHA)
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Housing Authority relocating headquarters to North Philly

The Philadelphia Housing Authority will soon be moving its headquarters from Center City to North Philadelphia. On Wednesday, bene ...

9 years ago

 Comedian Kathy Griffin enters a room packed with reporters for a news conference, Friday, June 2, 2017, in Los Angeles to discuss the backlash since Griffin released a photo and video of her displaying a likeness of President Donald Trump's severed head. (Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)

On ‘Radio Times’: How outrage is infecting our political discourse

There’s nothing new about political outrage, but it seems that the combination of social media, cable news and intense partisanship hav ...

9 years ago

This publicity photo shows the Asian-American rock band called The Slants. The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks. The case was closely watched for the impact it would have on the separate dispute involving the name of the Washington Redskins football team. (In Music We Trust via AP)
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Law
National
Race & Ethnicity

SCOTUS just confirmed a First Amendment right to offensive trademarks

The word police just got put on notice: Your power to arrest, detain, and shame people who don’t share your view of “offens ...

9 years ago

 WTPA-FM radio host Bruce Bond resigned from the station rather than refrain from commenting about President Donald Trump.(Bruce Bond)

Told to stop criticizing Trump, Pa. radio host resigns

A Pennsylvania radio host has resigned after being asked by the station’s management not to criticize President Donald Trump on air ...

9 years ago

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