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Brace Yourselves: Bernie Sanders Is Coming to Philly

Check phillymag.com each morning for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly Mag reporters, please […]

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Philly Gets the Anti-Joe Bologna T-Shirt That It Needs

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. It Didn’t Take Long for Somebody to […]

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I Won’t Vote for Joe Biden, the Lesser Racist, Until I Have To in November

As a millennial black voter, I take every election very seriously. When my mail-in ballot arrived last week, it listed three Democratic presidential candidates: former […]

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The Candidates Philly-Area Officials Are Endorsing in the 2020 Presidential Race

We’re still a month away from the first 2020 presidential caucus (in Iowa), two months from Super Tuesday, more than three months from the Pennsylvania […]

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The New York Times Just Assigned an Advance Obituary of Bernie Sanders, Says Staffer

In the news business, it is a rare thing to know a story’s contours before it actually happens. But while all breaking news is sudden, not […]

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Biden, Sanders Among 6 Democratic Presidential Candidates in Philly on Tuesday

Here come the candidates. Six of the 20 Democratic 2020 presidential contenders (yes, there are officially still 20) will visit Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon to attend a […]

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Sanders and Warren Support Safe Injection Sites. Here’s What That Could Mean for Philly

The legal debate over Safehouse, Philly’s proposed safe injection site, is a typical conflict born of federalism. On one side, there is Safehouse founder Jose Benitez, who has received tacit […]

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Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Want Hahnemann Hospital to Close

A lot of people are angry and upset over the planned closure of Hahnemann University Hospital — and that includes 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. […]

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Philly Watch Parties for the First 2020 Democratic Debates

In a city where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans eight to one, the Democratic presidential primary is a big deal. On Wednesday, June 26th, and Thursday, […]

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Sanders, Krasner Will Host a Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform

We told you Philadelphia was going to feel the Bern on Friday. Ahead of Bernie Sanders’s rally with John Fetterman at City Hall on Friday […]

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Bernie Sanders Will Rally in Philadelphia on Friday

Philadelphia will once again feel the Bern this Friday. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will return to the city for a rally at City Hall with lieutenant […]

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Bernie Sanders Is Very, Very Happy About Larry Krasner’s Win

Philly progressives have been on cloud nine since the city chose civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner as its Democratic district attorney candidate. Apparently, Vermont Sen. Bernie […]

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Why Do Philly Socialists See an Opportunity in the Age of Trump?

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I left work on a recent Thursday and walked a few blocks to the First Unitarian Church […]

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To Resist Trump, Fix Philly’s Elite, Boring, Anti-Competitive Democratic Party

Philadelphia’s Democratic Party suffers from the same cancer as the national Democratic Party. Only it’s arguably much more advanced. Think the Democratic National Committee favored […]

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Bernie Sanders Is Coming to the Free Library Next Month

What will Bernie Sanders do after the election is over? Sanders gained a huge gathering of followers during his run for the presidency. Though he […]