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I’ve always thought South Philly city councilmember Mark Squilla was a solid dude. A nice family guy. A smart, even-headed Mummer and a ...

The good news about last night’s Republican ...

For InterAct Theatre Company – founded 28 years ago to stage works that speak to current issues – Wednesday night marked a new era. N ...

We interrupt saturation coverage of Trump the tinpot tyrant – who presumes to think he can dictate the terms of engagement, who pre ...

Federal authorities have charged former Philadelphia city election official Rene Tartaglione with stealing from a Fairhill mental health ...

When Bernie Sanders vowed on Monday night to spend lavishly for universal governmental health care — his precise words, televised natio ...

Few political endorsements are decisive in elections. But in the early stages of a congressional race, getting some prominent backers can ...

While tracking the latest madcap misadventures of our Second Amendment “well-regulated militia,” I’ve tried in vain to ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has teased, taunted, and berated WYNC reporter Matt Katz ...

Nature’s rituals never change. Birds fly south for the winter, flowers bloom in the spring, and Michael Bloomberg floats a balloon ...

There is rage surrounding the discovery that the water supply in Flint, a majority black and impoverished city in Michigan, contains unac ...

The poisoning of Flint, Michigan, is a national disgrace — and some of the people reacting to it have been disgraceful. Here’s an ...

It’s a rare depiction, to my mind, that treats the playwright Oscar Wilde as an actual human being and not some cartoonish, foppish ...