
Politics
Social media’s misinformation battle: No winners, so far
Caught embarrassingly off-guard, technology giants have thrown millions of dollars, tens of thousands of people into fighting fake news, propaganda and hate.
7 years ago
Young activists can sue government over climate change, Supreme Court says
The trial could start as early as mid-November.
7 years ago
Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads
A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month
7 years ago
Poll: Nearly 4-in-5 voters concerned incivility will lead to violence
42 percent say the president is the most to blame, while about a quarter to a third say the media is the most to blame.
7 years ago
Despite running for reelection in a historically blue state, New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez is struggling to maintain a lead over Republican challenger Bob Hugin.
Air Date: November 1, 2018
Listen 14:30Pennsylvania House lawmaker convicted of taking cash bribes
A Harrisburg jury found Philadelphia Democratic Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown guilty of bribery.
7 years ago
Transgender rights: #WontBeErased
Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...
Air Date: November 1, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Mueller’s office notifies FBI of alleged scheme involving harassment claim
A spokesman for Mueller confirmed the referral on Tuesday in a statement.
7 years ago
Pennsylvanians abroad run into online roadblocks for absentee voting
Pennsylvanian expats have run into a roadblock trying to access absentee ballots: The Department of State website can’t be accessed from a foreign country.
7 years ago
Do Bob Casey's close relationships with pro-abortion rights progressives put his anti-abortion position in doubt?
Air Date: October 30, 2018
Listen 15:07N.J. announces $50M fund for 1,200 families still rebuilding after Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered a $50 million appropriation to assist hundreds of families still rebuilding six years after the massive storm struck.
7 years ago
A Pennsylvania case that got to the Supreme Court in 1992 could have spelled the end for Roe vs. Wade.
Air Date: October 29, 2018
Listen 14:19Trump, Republicans continue remaking the federal courts — even as Senate on recess
President Trump and Senate Republicans are remaking the federal courts in their own image.
7 years ago
Biden on mail bombs: ‘This division, this hatred, this ugliness — it has to end’
Biden quoting Yeats, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
7 years ago
Pa., N.J., and Del. upgrading voting machines — not in time for midterms
The three states use electronic voting machines that can be hacked, and don’t have a paper trail to facilitate vote audits.
7 years ago