
Pennsylvania
‘The Color Purple,’ going straight for your heart at Theatre Horizon
The musical, in a sterling production, does justice to Alice Walker's book.
6 years ago
‘NIMBY does apply sometimes,’ says Philly councilman Jones on cannabis dispensaries
In parts of Pennsylvania, local politicians and community groups have been extracting donations in exchange for zoning changes.
6 years ago
Exonerated death-row inmates push Pa. to abolish capital punishment
Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, ...
6 years ago
Pennsylvania launches long-awaited school assessment site
The Future Ready PA Index has been a long time coming.
6 years ago
Should the accused Tree of Life shooter be executed? It depends on who you ask
The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...
6 years ago
Listen 4:51Senate Republicans, Democrats re-elect leaders with little fanfare in Pa.
State Senators held their leadership elections this week, and both Republicans and Democrats chose to retain the same members for top pos ...
6 years ago
‘I Hate Hamlet’ in a not-so-funny way at Bucks County Playhouse
The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.
6 years ago
To my non-Jewish friends, after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
It’s been two and half weeks since 11 people were killed and 7 more were injured while they were praying during Shabbat morning services at a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill
6 years ago
House Dem leadership shifts southeast, GOP stays status quo in Pa.
The Senate caucuses will hold their leadership elections on Wednesday.
6 years ago
In Pa. coal country, debate flares over arming teachers to prevent school shootings
Nearly three hours into a special meeting about a policy that would ask some staff at the Tamaqua Area School District to carry guns, par ...
6 years ago
Listen 5:32Court mulls case that would make districts liable for ongoing harassment between students
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could set state precedent, holding school districts liable for ...
6 years ago
Native American massacre from colonial Pa. history to be retold in comic book
The Library Company of Philadelphia is turning the 1763 massacre of the Conestoga Native American tribe into a comic book.
6 years ago
Listen 2:15Why Trump could have a harder time winning Pennsylvania in 2020
Should President Trump worry about the results in Pennsylvania’s congressional races last week? Yes. Trump’s narrow ...
6 years ago
Pa. soldiers returning from Middle East deployment
Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers deployed to the Middle East may be home in time for Thanksgiving.
6 years ago
Wild campaign: How Lehigh Valley’s first congresswoman rose to power
Two weeks before Election Day, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez was speaking on stage during a rally at Cedar Crest Colle ...
6 years ago