Politics & Policy

“Smart” handguns could cut down on a lot of the distressing things that happen when firearms fall into the wrong hands.  ...

Momentum is building in support of the high protein, low carbohydrate diet advocated by Dr. Robert C. Atkins and increasing numbers of ot ...

The former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, has declined the invitation to speak at Haverford College’s commen ...

Immigrants and legal advocates say some government services are still inaccessible to non-English speakers. Philadelphia’s ...

The non-partisan, grassroots organization Common Cause got its start during the height of the Vietnam War. It now boasts 35 chapters, and ...

Former Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz left her relatively safe seat in the 13th Congressional District to seek the Pa. governorship. She& ...

A resolution calling for the impeachment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane campaign is up for review by a legislative commit ...

Last week, the people of Oklahoma tried to kill someone. As you may have heard, they made quite a hash of it. The execution ...

As always, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report for April was rel ...

Pennsylvania remains the only drilling state that doesn’t tax the drillers. As budget deficits sap public education, all four Democ ...

Pennsylvania is crumbling, both literally and figuratively. Pennsylvania has more structurally deficient bridges, both in raw numb ...

The thesis of Fredrik Logevall’s Pulitzer Prize winning history, “Embers of War,” is that the die for the tragedy of th ...

Criminal justice isn’t one of the top issues for Democrats running in this years gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania, but that ...