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It’s like grandma always says: if you go nosing around in a rocket scientist’s workshop, you’ll probably end up electrocuted. That ...

The idea of giving citizens a monthly basic income has come up on the presidential campaign trail. Now, Philly wants to try it as a way to lift some residents out of poverty.

We look at the Louisiana abortion access case before the Supreme Court and discuss the arguments and legal challenges to reproductive rights.

In Pennsylvania, party big-wigs choose candidates for special elections through a shadowy process that leaves voters out. Why don't voters get to choose who's on the ballot?

This week's featured activist is the godmother of Title IX.

This week: Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, the history of women's suffrage in NJ, and the new face of New Jersey social media.

It's time to set your clocks ahead!

In this installment of Battleground 2020 we'll talk about energy politics in Pennsylvania and how the split in voters’ attitudes could influence the 2020 election.

Medicine is always changing. New treatments become available. Old ones become obsolete. But how does a treatment become established? How ...

Two days after a judge cleared the way for Philly's supervised injection site to open, plans fell apart. Now it's facing more opposition than ever.

The actor talks with Patrick Stoner about this new Austen adaptation. ...

We look at how the coronavirus is affecting financial markets, businesses, and consumer behavior and discuss what the government can do help stabilize the economy.

Census advocates are worried that an RNC mailer called the "2020 Congressional District Census" will confuse Pennsylvanians and cost the state federal funding.

COVID-19 — a coronavirus disease — is spreading around the world, putting people and governments on high alert. How will we respond t ...

We discuss the results from Super Tuesday that have come in so far, what they say about the 2020 democratic electorate, and each candidate’s viable path to the nomination.