Politics & Policy
What lousy timing — Jon Stewart exits as The Donald rises
Jon Stewart doesn’t have a job. Donald Trump is leading presidential polls. People, don’t we have this … backwar ...
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ListenPoll: Christie’s popularity at home dips to new low
More registered voters surveyed in New Jersey are dissatisfied than ever with Gov. Chris Christie. A Rutgers-Eagleton Poll release ...
11 years ago
Fattah indictment a tale of complacency followed by panic
Fish don’t know the ocean is salty; they just swim in it. Could it be that Democratic politicians in Philadelphia don’ ...
11 years ago
ListenChristie, others turn to McCain’s town hall playbook in 2016
Driven to “desperation” in 1999, Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided to meet as many people as possible in ...
11 years ago
Many twists could unfold before Fattah case gets to trial
It could be a year before embroiled Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah heads to trial on federal corruption charges. The vetera ...
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ListenNJ Dems pick 5th District Assembly candidates
Democratic leaders have picked two candidates to run for Assembly in southern New Jersey’s 5th Legislative District. Camden ...
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Sanders fans — and those on the fence — gather for campaign message in Philly
Philadelphia area supporters of Bernie Sanders are beginning to spread the word about their preferred candidate for president just as he& ...
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ListenFeds indict Fattah on corruption charges
Federal authorities have indicted U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah on political corruption charges. The 20-year congressman ...
11 years ago
A letter from wartime China reminds us things have been much, much worse
A letter from from wartime China by my aunt (my father’s older sister), who attended the Shipley School, graduated from Bryn Mawr C ...
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Philly activists call attention to Haitians in danger of deportation [photos]
Haitian immigrants in Philadelphia are among many across the United States protesting the deportation of thousands of Haitians from their ...
11 years ago
ListenTwo of the Web’s more rambunctious sites struggle to grow up a little
The web site that calls itself the front page of the Internet finds itself mired in tabloid-type turmoil. Meanwhile, another brash ...
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ListenSpecial vote set for Aug. 11 to elect three to Pa. House
A political corruption scandal and an open state Senate seat mean some Philadelphia voters are heading to the polls next month to pick ne ...
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Philly region Republicans weigh in on severance tax, budget deadlock
Sweating under the mid-day sun, nine Republican lawmakers from southeast Pennsylvania took Gov. Tom Wolf to task on the steps of Montgome ...
11 years ago
Small planet, big-time visitor — connecting Pluto and the pontiff
Pope Francis will soon be flying to Philadelphia. And just last week, the questioning spirit of science did a flyby of Pluto. Our ...
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