Politics
What Do People Really Think of Marriage Equality?
For months now, Julie Winokur, producer and co-founder of Talking Eyes Media, has been traveling the country to talk to real Americans about what they think about […]
Bruce Castor Says He Might Challenge Corbett in 2014
The Republican former Montco D.A. and current county commissioner floated a trial balloon via PoliticsPA this morning, saying that he is thinking of mounting a primary […]
Do It: An LGBT Political Discussion
Mark your calendars because the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association is hosting the LGBT Political Panel – What’s Next? on […]
Vince Fumo’s Daughter Wants Her Money Back
Vince Fumo’s Daughter Wants Her Money Back. Allison Fumo, 23, is suing her ex-state Senator dad, who’s currently jailed on numerous counts of fraud and […]
Seriously, When’s the Last Time You Took the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
In the great saga of the fiscal cliff we’re all hanging from by our fingertips, no phrase may be more overused than “middle-class entitlements.” These […]
Philly Could Offer Incentives for LGBT Health Plans
For Councilman James Kenney, offering new health care protections for same-sex couples simply makes good financial sense. That’s why he’s introduced a bill that would […]
Sims Makes Appointments
State Representative-Elect Brian Sims, the Commonwealth’s first openly gay member of the legislature, made two key staff appointments. He named Mason Lane as his chief of […]
Man Born in Kenya Wants to Be Governor of PA
John Hanger, who announced his candidacy this morning at Reading Terminal, is only technically from Kenya, having been born there to a British foreign service […]
Hooray for Justice Ginsburg’s All-Woman Supreme Court!
There are two things you should probably know about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s suggestion that America should have an all-female Supreme Court. It’s never, ever […]
Jill Kelley Breaks Her Silence
General-Befriending “Former Philadelphian” Jill Kelley Releases Emails and Recordings to Clear Her Name. Or more likely so that we would have to start talking about […]
Obama to Demonstrate Fiscal Cliff Risk at Montco K’NEX Plant
The president is slated to give a “fiscal cliff roadshow” speech on Friday at a Hatfield factory that makes parts for Tinkertoy and K’NEX kits. […]
The Not-So-Secret Puppetmasters of Philly Politics
The Daily News‘ Catherine Lucey and Chris Brennan brave the dark underbelly of the city’s power structure list the contents of their phones’ quick-dial apps […]
Snow It’s Not
First Winter Storm Decides Not to Bother. The northern and western ‘burbs may accumulate a little coating and slush as the day wears on, but […]
The Fiscal Cliff’s Dire for LGBT Americans
We’ve been hearing predictions about the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to turn much of the economy upside-down if the U.S. government doesn’t start agreeing […]
The War on Women Didn’t End When Mitt Romney Lost
Sister, did you take five minutes to feel good about the future after President Obama was reelected, thus ending the immediate threat that contraception would […]