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Last week, the International Criminal Court put out a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of ge ...

BOB SHEASLEY is a copy editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer who also raises chickens on his small farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ...

With gasoline prices soaring, President Bush has proposed more domestic drilling, including off-shore drilling. Last week he lifted an ex ...

Tune in for a rebroadcast of Marty’s conversation with LISE FUNDERBURG author of Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Fathe ...

McCain and Obama are fighting for the Latino Vote. Analysts say that Latinos could play a decisive role in a close election. This hour, ...

We learn about the origins of animal protection, when people began to keep pets and when the first laws for animal protection were passed ...

Last month, Mayor Michael Nutter put forth a proposal to change city planning in Philadelphia. We discuss what’s wrong with urban p ...

In February of 2007, Philadelphia public school teacher, Frank Burd was assaulted at work at Germantown High School and suffered a neck i ...

This week’s cover of the New Yorker, depicting Barak Obama dressed in traditional Muslim garb with his wife Michelle as a gun-totin ...

Governor Rendell is pushing new legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s Dog law. The new bill would require commercial breeders to ...

A new report is urging changes to the War Powers Resolution of 1973. It urges more cooperation between the President and Congress before ...

Local best-selling novelist MARISA DE LOS SANTOS talks with Marty about her new book “Belong to Me.” It’s the story abo ...