Politics & Policy
U.S. to pay millions for Agent Orange claims
In a turn-around, the government has agreed to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservist ...
11 years ago
All U.S. states out of step with U.N. standards on police use of deadly force
Pennsylvania is one of nine states allowing police to use deadly force against rioters who’ve been told to disperse. And in Delawar ...
11 years ago
Crying shame — laureate’s comments take the prize for nonsense
Well, here’s one hypothesis for which we, sadly, now have proof. It is possible to be a Nobel laureate in medicine and also ...
11 years ago
ListenHouse panel calls out nuke officials for repeated failures
Members of a U.S. House panel say they’re frustrated with decades of security and safety lapses at the sites that make up the natio ...
11 years ago
Protesters call for closing immigrant family detention center in Berks
Ten women at a Pennsylvania detention center for undocumented immigrants are staging a work stoppage to protest what they say are inhuman ...
11 years ago
GOP-controlled Hill panel backs state medical marijuana laws
The federal government would be unable to block state laws permitting the use of medical marijuana under legislation that has been approv ...
11 years ago
Hillary Clinton to hold fundraiser with Jon Bon Jovi
Hillary Clinton will hold her first fundraiser in New Jersey since launching her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president lat ...
11 years ago
Politicians, get out your No. 2 pencils!
One activity America’s lawmakers really seem to enjoy is inflicting high-stakes testing on America’s schoolchildren. W ...
11 years ago
ListenCapitol recap: Pennsylvania municipal pensions overhaul outlined in new bill
A measure just introduced in the state Senate hits nearly every point in the platform championed by local pension reform advocates. < ...
11 years ago
Echoing Kickstarter, Crowdpac aims to recruit rivals for Fattah’s seat in Congress
A new nonpartisan website has its sights set on taking down a veteran Philadelphia lawmaker – at the polls. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fatt ...
11 years ago
Revolutions fall like snowflakes across the media landscape
One day a short while ago, my wife and I were watching a network TV drama, the Good Wife perhaps. A commercial came on. “C ...
11 years ago
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