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Guy Ciarrocchi: Between old-school Democrats and new-style progressives, school choice hangs in the balance
14+ hour, 48+ min ago (694+ words) The tale of two Pennsylvania Democratic Parties. Traditional: based in its history of focusing on policies to create opportunities to lift-up poor and working class families. The 21st century version: advancing "elite" ideology, giving power to allies and donors to advance…...
Elephant in the Room: Brady's not going anywhere
2+ week, 5+ day ago (534+ words) Since Rabb won, Kasner called on long-time Philadelphia Democratic Leader Bob Brady to resign and reportedly got into an imbroglio with labor leader Ryan Boyer at an Election Day lunch. Krasner, who swept into office in 2017 " one of several Soros-backed…...
From the Editors: Larry Krasner is right " Bob Brady should retire.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (250+ words) As we noted in last week's editorial, the primary elections in Philadelphia this year show the truth of a thing long suspected: Bob Brady's vaunted Democratic machine is broken. The 81-year-old former congressman and head of the Democratic City Committee…...
Wally Nunn: America's corporate leadership is more diverse than progressives admit
4+ week, 2+ day ago (397+ words) The tired claim keeps getting recycled: America is still ruled by straight white Christian males who hoard power in boardrooms and culture. If that's true, the commanding heights of the economy " the firms controlling trillions in AI, chips, search, cloud,…...
Thom Nickels: A woman in Washington's army? It's true.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (608+ words) One of the most interesting press events I've ever attended was at the Museum of the American Revolution in 2021. The exhibit was titled, When Women Lost The Vote, A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807." Despite my rejection of feminism " Carrie Gress's new book,…...