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Major Pro-Voucher Group Might Have Broken PA Election Lawnew
Political operative John D. McDaniel's Progressive Agenda PAC funneled $5,900 from Students First PAC, a Pennsylvania group backed by Bala Cynwyd hedge fund managers and wealthy national school voucher advocates, to a Penn. state house candidate who was heavily supported by voucher proponents.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-27-2013 |
Elections
Registered Philly Voters Required to Cast Provisional Ballots in Large Numbersnew
Provisional ballots, if they are counted, are not counted until up to seven days after the election.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
11-06-2012 |
Elections
How the So-Called Liberal Media Defeated Voter IDnew
Relentless and accurate media coverage was decisive in bringing about the judicial defeat of Pennsylvania's voter ID law.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
10-02-2012 |
Elections
Tags: PA Voter ID
PA Supreme Court Hears Case Against Voter ID Lawnew
Democratic Supreme Court justices slam Pennsylvania voter ID law, lawyers ask for injunction.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
09-13-2012 |
Elections
43 Percent of Philly Voters May Not Have Voter IDnew
The number of Pennsylvanians who might not have the photo identification necessary to vote this November has more than doubled.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
07-25-2012 |
Elections
Tags: PA Voter ID, Pennsylvania Voter ID
The Warriorsnew
How the decades-long fight against AIDS made radicals out of activists.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
02-15-2011 |
Politics
66 Reasons NOT to Vote for Pat Toomeynew
This year was made for Pat Toomey: In light of his compatriots' more bizarre tendencies — Christine O'Donnell's witchcraft-dabbling; Rand Paul's tenuous approval of the Civil Rights Act; Sharron Angle's "Second Amendment remedies" for legislation she doesn't like — the amiable Toomey doesn't look so crazy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
The Evolution of the Culture Warnew
Clearly, as the ever-resurgent the teabag-waving radical right demonstrates, the Culture War has not gone away, although, it has most certainly changed over the years.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeffrey Billman |
08-23-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Adam Serwer
Idealists for Hirenew
Canvassing works, but is its success at the cost of its workers?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-17-2010 |
Politics
Can Anthony Williams Become the First Black Governor of Pennsylvania?new
Can Anthony Williams win as a black man in a state that even Gov. Ed Rendell has suggested is racist? If Williams thinks so, it's in part because of his father's legacy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
05-04-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Anthony Williams
The New Normal: Once It's Policy, There's No Going Backnew
The sausage-making spectacle of the past year has produced a convoluted, forest-killing mess. The process was infuriating: the foot-dragging, the futile hand-holding of Republican "moderates," the ego-stroking, the backroom deals, the summer of Tea Parties.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
03-16-2010 |
Commentary
Ed Rendell's Plot to Pillage Pennsylvania's Forests, Consequences be Damnednew
Ed Rendell's office confirmed to City Paper that Rendell intends to lease more land for drilling this year — some $120 million worth of it. The governor has the authority to do so, with or without the legislature; he could act in a matter of months, if not sooner.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
02-23-2010 |
Politics
Does Team Obama Risk Losing Momentum Over Health-Care Reform?new
As some former Obama fans see the president's stance on health care shift from his pre-election promises, a new question has arisen. Will they be more loyal to their president or to their own vision for health care?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Julia Harte |
09-22-2009 |
Politics
Looking Forward, Looking Backnew
It's nice to hear Barack Obama give speeches. But I think we all, President Obama included, are long past ready for him to get down to the business of fixing this country. Because as the big guy made abundantly clear, this country's busted up.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Howard |
01-27-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Obama inauguration
The Anti-Library of George W. Bushnew
The architects of George W. Bush's legacy face a daunting challenge in the years ahead: How to build a presidential library for a man who -- Karl Rove's absurd claims of Bush's bookishness notwithstanding -- doesn't seem to read?
Philadelphia City Paper |
David Faris |
01-06-2009 |
Commentary
