election
Philadelphia Will Get a Partial Presidential Vote Recount
Election officials in Philadelphia will recount presidential votes in 75 of the county’s 1,686 precincts — or in less than five percent of precincts.
Montco Judge Rejects Presidential Vote Recount Plea
A Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge on Wednesday dismissed Green Party candidate Jill Stein‘s plea for a presidential vote recount in the county.
How to Be a True Ally in Trump’s America
Who would have ever imagined living in a world where images of safety pins would be tacked onto buildings? Walking past Metropolitan Cafe in University […]
Here’s How the Jill Stein–Led Recount Effort Is Going in Philly
For Beth Finn, it was about having doubts. The Washington Square resident, inspired by a well-publicized effort by former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, […]
The Latest on the Pennsylvania Vote Recount Effort
Update, 1:40 p.m.: According to Jill Stein’s campaign, by Monday afternoon recount requests were filed in more than 100 districts. “After a presidential election tarnished […]
People Urging a Vote Recount in Pa. “In Denial,” Says Local Election Attorney
Computer scientists and election lawyers are asking the Hillary Clinton campaign to recount election votes in three states, including Pennsylvania, New York Magazine reported last night. The […]
This All Seems Very Familiar, Say Philly Holocaust Survivors
He is 93 now, old enough to remember gleefully casting a vote for Franklin Roosevelt in the fall of 1944. But George Sakheim has no […]
What Philly Republicans Think of Steve Bannon, Trump’s Alt-Right-Hand Man
Sam Katz is a well-known businessman in Philadelphia who ran three unsuccessful campaigns for mayor as a Republican. He came within 8,000 votes of winning in 1999, […]
Trump’s Victory Has Me Considering Gun Ownership
Another day, another incident. Across Philadelphia and around the nation, you can’t help but notice that marginalized people — whether Muslim or of color, LGBTQ […]
How We Became Me
When I was in grade school, I was a Girl Scout. To be in the Girl Scouts, you had to buy a uniform. You went […]
Kenney Says Philly Turnout Was High Tuesday. That’s Completely Untrue.
Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement yesterday in the wake of the election of Republican Donald Trump. Along with encouraging residents not to “simply […]
Rendell: This Was “Not the Time” for Hillary Clinton to Run
Former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell said in an interview yesterday that this past election “was not the time” when his party’s nominee, Hillary Clinton, should have run for president. […]
White Men Must Bear the Blame — and Shame — for Trump
Let me get this out of the way right off the top: White men in American have it better than everyone else. Anyone who tells […]
The “Stark” Political Calculus for Philadelphia Latinos
It was supposed to be the election where Latinos flexed our muscle – after all, Donald Trump started taking potshots at us from the day […]
After Trump’s Win, White Liberals Are Now a Minority
Around 2:40 a.m. on election night, I left the watch party I’d been attending and took an Uber home. It was shortly after the Associated […]