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Mumia blames ‘Broad Street Bullies’ for Adegbile’s rejection in Senatenew
After Debo Adegbile's rejection in the U.S. Senate for a Civil Rights position in the Justice Dept., incarcerated radical Mumia Abu-Jamal took to Prison Radio to let his feelings known on the situation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
03-13-2014 |
Politics
Tags: Debo Adegbile
PA guv hopeful to speak at weekend pot protest, calls police presence ‘ridiculous’new
Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hanger tells Philadelphia Weekly he's never smoked pot, but he wants to legalize it, and the issue will earn him the nomination.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
09-22-2013 |
Elections
Pennsylvania Fight for Voter ID Far From Overnew
Pennsylvania's Voter ID decision is in the hands of a judge. No matter which way he comes down, the fight is set to go on for several years.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
08-07-2013 |
Politics
Tags: Voter ID PA, Voter ID Pennsylvania
Brian Sims' first six months as a state legislatornew
A profile of Pennsylvania's first elected openly-gay state representative, who finds that bridging the political divide is slow work—but he's determined.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
07-18-2013 |
Politics
Tags: PA General Assembly
SCOTUS Ruling May Greenlight PA Police to "Stop & Swab"new
The recent SCOTUS ruling on Constitutionality of seizing citizen DNA without criminal conviction may mean PA police will start to "stop & swab." But state police say the law would expand the backlog.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-10-2013 |
Politics
How much did PA's Botched Voter ID initiative cost? Not enough.new
While officials are eager to point out that Pennsylvania—so broke the governor just cut last-resort safety net funds for the disabled—didn’t spend much money on the failed Voter ID initiative, the lowball investment is also the main reason it failed.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-17-2012 |
Elections
10 Things I Saw, Heard and Learned at the Pa. Leadership Conferencenew
Liberal writer traveled to Camp Hill, PA for the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a conservative state meetup. Speakers included presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich; Herman Cain; Sen. Pat Toomey; others.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
03-29-2012 |
Politics
2010 Primaries: Low Voter Turnout Reported in Philadelphianew
Live updates on the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary between Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
05-18-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Arlen Specter, Joe Sestak
New Study Gives Pennsylvania Democrats Hopenew
The Pennsylvania GOP may have lost some members, but the numbers game isn’t a tell-all by any means.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
04-26-2010 |
Politics
Bored of Sestak-Specter-Toomey Yet? Not Usnew
Joe Sestak is still doing this whole “I want to be a senator” thing. He and Pat Toomey, the likely PA Republican Senate candidate, debated at LaSalle University last night. That new pinko liberal Arlen Specter couldn’t make it, but Sestak, for whatever reason, doesn’t want to give this thing up.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Randy LoBasso |
04-12-2010 |
Commentary
As 2010 Senate Race Draws Near, the Health Care Debate Reminds Us Why Primaries Matternew
Joe Lieberman might have veto power over health reform. Establishment Democrats might remember that when they support Arlen Specter over progressive challenger Joe Sestak in 2010.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brendan Skwire |
10-19-2009 |
Commentary
The Birther Theory: Welcome to the Bizarro Nationnew
A recent survey indicates that nearly 60 percent of registered Republicans openly question whether or not the President of the United States is a natural born citizen. Pennsylvania attorney Phil Berg, a lifelong Democrat, joins them.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
08-24-2009 |
Politics
Stupid Triumphs Again at a Town Hall on Health Care Reformnew
This is what worries me: time and time again, the needs of the stupid and disingenuous are not only treated as valid concerns, but as the greatest concerns.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brendan Skwire |
08-17-2009 |
Politics
Listening to the Fringe at a July 4 Tea Party in Phillynew
It's getting so you can't tell regular Republican insanity from the lunatic fringe anymore. Take July 4, when a parade of local conservative luminaries gathered with 2,000 people at Independence Hall for a "tea party" devoted to protesting President Obama's tyrannical, socialist rule of unending taxation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Joel Mathis |
07-13-2009 |
Commentary
How Will Chaka Fattah Vote on Health Care?new
When I read that Clinton-era fossil/Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel says "Obama is 'open to alternatives' to a new government insurance program in order to get legislation overhauling the health-care system to his desk", my initial reaction was exactly what it is now: FUCK THAT.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brendan Skwire |
06-30-2009 |
Commentary
