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Opinion & Essay

 In this April 1, 2017, tweet, President Donald Trump shares his opinion about the news media and what he calls 'fake news.'
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

In the fight against ‘fake news,’ we are all responsible

Anyone who has been in any profession other than priestly confessors knows that telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but is more the exception than the rule.

9 years ago

 In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. In the background is a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson which Trump had installed in the first few days of his administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
National Interest

Professor Trump’s strong terrific history curriculum

Scholar Donald Trump, on Sirius XM yesterday, lecturing on American history: “They love Andrew Jackson in Tennessee. I m ...

9 years ago

 The labor-funded super PAC that fueled Mayor Jim Kenney's successful mayoral campaign two years ago is weighing in with a $123,000 ad buy that sources say will support Jack O'Neill in the Democratic primary for district attorney of Philadelphia. (NewsWorks file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Super PAC backs O’Neill in Philly DA’s race

The labor-funded super PAC that fueled Mayor Jim Kenney’s successful campaign two years ago is weighing in with a $123,000 ad buy i ...

9 years ago

 Protesters gather across the Chicago River from Trump Tower to rally against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act Friday, March 24, 2017, in Chicago. Earlier, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders yanked their bill to repeal
National Interest

Trump’s weekend whopper: He’ll protect sick people ‘beautifully’

It’s a waste of time to parse the venom that Donald Trump spewed at that Saturday rally in Harrisburg. He was too scared to attend ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump is seen on a television camera's viewfinder as he speaks at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Democrats could learn a thing or two from Donald Trump

To celebrate his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump held a rally in Harrisburg. There, in the capital of a state he was n ...

9 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-166256837/stock-photo-woman-power-sign'>bettorodrigues</a>/Big Stock Photo)_
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Does a feminist lose her cred when she’s sleeping with another feminist’s man?

The feminist photos and posts and slogans on the Facebook page of Maggie Grey (not her real name) make me angry. ...

9 years ago

 Every four years, Philadelphia voters elect members of neighborhood election boards, the folks who sit at folding tables and run polling places.(Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Post-Trump activism isn’t showing up in Philly election boards

The election of Donald Trump is often said to have spurred a new wave of political activism — particularly among progressive Democrats ...

9 years ago

 Joe Khan is pictured with a much younger Barack Obama, a professor of Khan's in law school.
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly DA candidate Khan takes swipe at Untermeyer in new ad

Philadelphia district attorney candidate Joe Khan has opened his TV ad campaign with a swipe at hisbiggest spending rival in the Democrat ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump shakes hands with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017, where the president signed an executive order to review tax regulations set last year by his predecessor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Interest

Trump’s tax team: Plutocratic incompetents or incompetent plutocrats?

The Trump tax reform plan — actually, a one-page sketch of an outline of a plan — is just what you’d expect to get from a guy w ...

9 years ago

 The seven Democrats running for Philadelphia district attorney field questions from moderator Solomon Jones at WHYY Thursday night. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philly DA candidates spar at NAACP-WHYY debate [video]

The seven Democratic candidates for Philadelphia district attorney met Thursday night for a debate at WHYY, co-sponsored by the Philadelp ...

9 years ago

 This 2014 image shows an arm restraint of a gurney in an execution chamber. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo, file)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

The next DA should oppose racist and immoral death penalty

Although the district attorney race in Philadelphia is celebrated ...

9 years ago

 Journalist Dan Rather is shown at The Independent Filmmaker Project's 25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2015 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
National Interest

The miraculous rise of Dan Rather 2.0

It’s worth joining Facebook just to read Dan Rather. The same Dan Rather who was supposedly condemned to living out his life in exi ...

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Jane’s Walk 2017: Walk Philly with us May 5-7

9 years ago

 Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' dormant campaign committee has been fined $2,000 for failing to report some transactions. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Ethics Board fines Seth Williams campaign committee

The Philadelphia Ethics Board has fined District Attorney Seth Williams’ dormant campaign committee $2,000 for failing to report so ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia district attorney candidate Jack O'Neill addresses about 200 union members Wednesday night as he received the endorsement of eight construction unions in his bid for the Democratic nomination.(Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Eight unions back Philly DA hopeful O’Neill

Philadelphia District Attorney candidate Jack O’Neill picked up the endorsement of eight construction unions Wednesday night, pledg ...

9 years ago

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