Politics & Policy

Let me sum up our justice system for you: When offenders are mostly poor, we double down on deterrents that work questionably, if ...

I heard the President’s November 20 announcement of his executive immigration order for amnesty for 5 million illegal immigrants. I ...

Democrat Tom Wolf had to make high-pressure decisions while running a business, serving as state revenue secretary and successfully campa ...

A former Pennsylvania House Democratic leader who served a sentence for corruption is seeking a new trial now that he’s out of pris ...

U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan of Delaware County will begin his third term in Congress in January with a new and more influential committee assign ...

There’s no free lunch — or breakfast or dinner — for President Barack Obama on Thanksgiving day. Or any other day for that matt ...

It’s good timing for the Philadelphia Police Department.  Just as the family of Michael Brown is stepping up calls for police ...

The Democratic Party has named Philadelphia as one of three cities still in the running to host its 2016 presidential convention, along w ...

Perhaps Democratic state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams isn’t ...

Perhaps the third time’s the charm? A politician who unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Philadelphia twice is thinking about gi ...

Going to take in a bit of the Thanksgiving Day parade this year. First time in a long time. One reason: nostalgia. When we ...

President Barack Obama announced this week he’s going to protect as many as 5 million unauthorized immigrants from deportation thro ...