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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

The Wells Fargo Center
Community

Comcast offers Wells Fargo Center as polling place for November election

The Wells Fargo Center, home to both the Flyers and 76ers, will be available to the city for election activities as it deems appropriate.

5 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence

Joe Biden is forcefully condemning the violence at recent protests while also blaming President Donald Trump for fomenting the divide that’s sparking it.

5 years ago

Stickers are placed out for voters at a polling place on Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Major Black, Jewish civil rights orgs teaming up for Philly voter outreach

The National Urban League and the Anti-Defamation League announced the partnership Mon. following a tense period for Black and Jewish communities.

5 years ago

A statue of Octavius Catto at it's unveilling - statue facing front with arms spread open and back, people in the foreground in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

‘Stand up for democracy’: Philly to host poll worker recruitment drive

Philadelphia officials plan to spend Tuesday, Sept. 1 — National Poll Worker Recruitment Day — encouraging young people to work the polls in November.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police academy cadets line up for graduation
Community
Billy Penn

Should Philly revamp its ‘beyond toothless’ police oversight commission? Your vote will decide

Critics have low expectations for the chronically underfunded watchdog group.

5 years ago

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
Politics & Policy

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

How DeJoy was hired is among the questions Congress is trying to unravel as lawmakers scrutinize a series of USPS changes that have resulted in widespread mail delays.

5 years ago

Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been called off, top Democrats say. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Director of National Intelligence cancels verbal election security briefings

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff say they've been told Congress will no longer receive briefings on efforts to interfere in the election.

5 years ago

Shane Braswell, who has participated in Black Lives Matter protests this summer, plays guitar in front of a mural covering the entrance to an Apple store, Aug. 27, 2020 in Portland, Ore. Braswell said President Donald Trump's portrayal of Portland as a violent city overcome by mobs of protesters is inaccurate and grossly exaggerated.
Community

GOP portrayal of urban mayhem doesn’t always match reality

The picture of American cities overwhelmed by violence has become a central theme of the 2020 presidential race.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Policy

Bragging rights to Biden over Trump in television ratings

Democrats outrated the Republicans on three of the four convention nights, Nielsen said.

5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ignoring FBI and fellow Republicans, Trump continues assault on mail-in voting

The president has questioned the legitimacy of U.S. elections for years, although the reasons for his skepticism shift almost weekly.

5 years ago

From left, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr., Tiffany Trump, President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump stand on the South Lawn of the White House on the last night of the Republican National Convention. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

7 takeaways from the Republican National Convention

It's going to be a nasty post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day, as both parties argue that the soul of America is at stake.

5 years ago

Jeff Van Drew
Politics & Policy

‘Proud Republican’ Jeff Van Drew makes case for Trump in RNC speech

The former New Jersey Democrat castigates his old party while praising President Trump in a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention.

5 years ago

Sheyla Street
Politics & Policy

Philly area counties scramble to recruit more — and younger — poll workers for Election Day

Eager to avoid a repeat of the primary’s short staffing, election officials are taking steps now to ensure enough poll workers are trained for Nov. 3.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Surge in mail-in ballots could delay election results, so Wolf wants to change the rules

While 1.5 million people in Pennsylvania voted by mail this June, experts are anticipating that number to rise amid concerns about COVID-19.

5 years ago

The Republican National Convention video is displayed on a screen as people watch from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the convention Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Policy

Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

In his speech, he will seek to cast the election as a choice between a weak establishment candidate in Democratic opponent Joe Biden — and himself.

5 years ago

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