Politics
Democratic lawmakers push for race data in vaccinations
Along with Hispanic and Native American people, Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at nearly three times the rate of white Americans.
5 years ago
Biden: ‘We can’t wait any longer’ to address climate crisis
The orders target federal subsidies for oil and other fossil fuels and halt new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.
5 years ago
What are elected officials saying about the Philly Fighting COVID vaccine debacle?
Roused by reporting on the startup’s questionable practices, lawmakers beginning to speak out.
5 years ago
Pennsylvania Senate OKs $912M pandemic recovery aid bill
Most of the $912 million being directed by the bill is federal aid approved by Congress in last month's coronavirus recovery package.
5 years ago
GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after deadly insurrection
Former President Donald Trump’s loosely organized political network is testing its grasp on the Republican Party ahead of his Senate impeachment trial.
5 years ago
Carney praises Delaware’s resilience in State of the State
Despite 2020 being a trying year, Gov. Carney told lawmakers there’s reason for hope in the coming year during his virtual State of the State address.
5 years ago
Listen 1:36Lawyer says Pelosi laptop hasn’t been recovered from suspect
Public defender A.J. Kramer told a federal judge that investigators searched the car and Harrisburg residence of Riley June Williams but did not locate the computer.
5 years ago
GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial
The Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial.
5 years ago
Bridget Ann Kelly, whose Bridgegate conviction was overturned, returns to politics
Bridget Ann Kelly, whose 2016 federal conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, announced this week she is running for Bergen County clerk.
5 years ago
The NYT reports Perry linked Trump with a DOJ wyer who was willing to push an election-fraud investigation in Georgia — despite no evidence to support such claims.
5 years ago
Fauci relishes a ‘hallelujah’ moment
Fauci, now Biden's chief medical adviser on COVID-19, says he rejoiced when the new president said that "science and truth" would guide the nation's pandemic policies.
5 years ago
Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial
Comments made by rioters at the Capitol, captured in interviews with reporters and federal agents, are likely to take center stage as Democrats lay out their case.
5 years ago
What it has cost NJ to borrow billions during a health crisis
Last year, New Jersey borrowed about $4 billion to sustain the budget amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and to make that happen, the state was charged more than $12 million in fees.
5 years ago
4 years, 1,400 t-shirts and one message: Trump sucks
West Philly photographer Lori Waselchuk started her apparel messaging project exactly four years ago.
5 years ago
Americans generally believe that if we work hard we can succeed and control our own destinies. But Harvard professor of political philosophy Michael Sandel begs to differ.
Air Date: January 22, 2021 10:00 am
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