Part one of this two-part series examined how a group of redditors fought major Wall Street hedge funds in an epic David and Goliath tale. This piece discusses the financial establishment’s swift attempt at retribution and that retribution’s social consequences.
By Daniel Goncalves
Pa. union official: Parents want schools open to avoid “babysitting”
“We are not a childcare center and I fear ‘babysitting’ drove parents to demand an amount of in-person instruction,” a Hatboro-Horsham union official wrote in an email.
By Todd Shepherd
Charlie O’Neill: The voter registration numbers Democrats don’t want to talk about
Voter registration data is just one way to understand political shifts, but it’s worth examining, especially as a strong Republican flip has been occurring in Pennsylvania.
By Charlie O’Neill
The Editors: Daylight appears between two Soros-backed DAs
A memorial ceremony for a slain Philadelphia police officer, which Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner opted to ignore, reveals daylight between Krasner and Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
By The Editors
Kerry Benninghoff: A year of lockdowns, a horizon of hope
As other states are lifting mitigation measures and masking orders, as more vaccine becomes available, and as winter turns into spring and then summer, finally we can look forward to a return to normal.
By Kerry Benninghoff
Sherman Joyce: Courts in “judicial hellholes” less likely to abide by SCOTUS precedent
“Judicial Hellholes” represent the growing number of local and state courts that blatantly ignore precedent in favor of short-sighted activism. The biggest offenders: the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
By Sherman Joyce
Christine Flowers: Someone’s finally taking Cuomo seriously
In the case of Andrew Cuomo, and to a lesser extent Rachel Levine, the whitewash of their misdeeds is almost as bad as the crimes themselves.
By Christine Flowers
PAC focused on in-school learning takes the next step: lobbying
Today, she’s the driving force of a political action committee supporting school board candidates committed to open up schools for in-person learning.
By Todd Shepherd
Pennsylvania lost 500,000 jobs in 2020
Pennsylvania lost 500,000 jobs in 2020, the Department of Labor and Industry said, and there’s no understanding of when – or if – those positions will return.
By Christen Smith
Democrats’ discontent with Wolf’s vaccine rollout continues to grow
One Democratic congresswoman said it was “beyond time” to fix problems with the administration’s vaccine rollout while a state senator said the system was “disorganized.”
By Todd Shepherd