Lifting the minimum wage has been an increasingly popular effort. But who’s for and against it — and what are the consequences of the policy?
By Michael Warren
Kyle Sammin: Cancel culture comes to Hawk Hill
A professor of math at St. Joe’s University has his livelihood placed in jeopardy for tweeting mainstream opinions on critical race theory and reparations online.
By Kyle Sammin
Beth Ann Rosica: Closing schools is a civil rights problem – federal funding should be at stake
Civil rights laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age. The pandemic has underscored the need to consider geographic location too, as school closings have harmed our most vulnerable students the most.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Mark Galvin: One enraging reason why health care costs are killing us
The nation’s 6,000 or so hospitals must reveal the confidential prices they have been charging because of the new Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
By Mark Galvin
Guy Ciarrocchi: Don’t cancel student debt
The president should never cancel student debt by executive order and Congress shouldn’t do it by legislation.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Philly Dem joins Erie Republican to propose marijuana legalization
A bipartisan duo of senators introduced a measure Wednesday to legalize adult use cannabis in Pennsylvania.
By Christen Smith
Rep. Scott Perry: Setting the record straight — Why I objected to the electoral college vote
A congressman reflects on his vote to object to Pennsylvania’s electoral college vote — free from the corporate media histrionics.
By Rep. Scott Perry
Joshua Novotney: Trust me, Pat Toomey is no RINO. Let’s not censure him.
Senator Pat Toomey has fought for conservative causes his entire career. A move to censure him by Pennsylvania Republicans would amount to cancel culture, writes a Trump election official.
By Joshua Novotney
Daniel Goncalves: Reddit investors vs. hedge fund billionaires, Part 1
Melvin Capital’s bet against GameStop failed, and people became a bit more knowledgeable about how Wall Street works, or fails to work, because of the saga.
Part one of a two-part series by Daniel Goncalves
PennDOT proposes tolls for nine bridges, Girard Point Bridge included
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has a new plan to toll nine bridges, but some are concerned about the great costs and lack of specificity.
By Christen Smith