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Politics

04/02/13 7:57pm

State support of gay marriage parallels national stats

Pennsylvania voters are now almost evenly divided on legalizing same-sex marriage, according to a recent poll.
04/01/13 9:08pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey publicly supports same-sex marriage

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) publicly announced his support for marriage rights for same-sex couples in a press release Monday.
04/01/13 8:56pm

U.S. patent system undergoes major change

The United States patent system is undergoing a major change, harmonizing with the existing systems of most other countries.
03/31/13 11:56pm

Liquor privatization effects on campus uncertain

Historic changes could be coming to the alcohol market in Pennsylvania, but the jury is out on what effects Penn students would see.
03/28/13 11:42pm

City seeks citizens' input for next Philadelphia casinos

As the race heats up for a second city casino license, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission hosted three open houses this week to gather citizen opinion. “We’re trying to get these proposals to be as good as they can possibly be,” Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger, who also chairs the PCPC, said. Posterboards displayed renderings of each casino, the projects’ statistics and maps of current land use in the area.
03/28/13 11:03pm
Orszag — current Citigroup vice chairman of corporate and investment banking — served as President Barack Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget until 2010. He spoke Thursday night at the Annenberg School of Communication at an event titled “Possibilities and Perils: The Future of Economic Policy.”
03/27/13 11:24pm
In the LGBT Center Wednesday night, Smith discussed the impending Supreme Court rulings that will determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8.
03/27/13 11:10pm
Wearing a purple skinny tie and a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers, Lizza seemed more a contributor to GQ than a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. However, his lunch discussion at the Kelly Writers House yesterday was all politics, as he spoke about his career as a political journalist.
03/27/13 9:00pm

Voter ID laws applied unequally, study shows

As the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court prepares to hear another challenge to the state’s voter ID requirement, a new study reveals that across the country, voter ID laws disproportionately affected young minority voters in the 2012 elections.
03/27/13 8:17pm

Supreme Court considers two same-sex marriage cases

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments from the cases Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor, both of which deal with the issue of gay marriage.
03/26/13 12:02am
On Monday morning, dining hall workers and Student Labor Action Project members delivered a concerted activity letter to the Penn Business Services office to notify Penn of the employees’ organizing efforts.
03/25/13 10:02pm
In the 102 days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, over 3,000 people in the United State have been killed by guns — and Penn Democrats have had enough.
03/25/13 8:34pm

Affordable Care Act may affect jobs once fully implemented

Just one year away from its full implementation in 2014, the Affordable Care Act continues to raise concerns as many consider the effects it may have on national full-time employment.
03/23/13 5:46pm
A group known as Americans for Free Speech marched to protest the removal of Gujarat chief state minister Narendra Modi from the Wharton India Economic Forum Saturday afternoon.
03/21/13 11:45pm

Pennsylvania House passes liquor privatization bill

Thursday night, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill that calls for liquor sales to gradually be removed from the state’s hands.
03/21/13 1:07am
Last night, about 30 students and faculty shared in a discussion with Chinese history professor Arthur Waldron and associate professor of Japanese history Frederick Dickinson on cooperation and conflict between China and Japan in the 21st century.
03/20/13 10:21pm

Bill to require contractors to disclose executives' gender breakdown

On March 14, council member Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced legislation to compel contractors applying to work with the city of Philadelphia to disclose the number of female executives in their company.
03/20/13 12:40pm

Consulting presentation canceled in face of protest

An on-campus information session for the Boston Consulting Group was canceled at the last minute today against the backdrop of a planned student protest.
03/19/13 11:00pm

Pennsylvania Dream Act bridges educational opportunity gap

On Tuesday, Sen. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster) introduced the Pennsylvania Dream Act. The bill would place undocumented students and citizens on a more level playing field.
03/19/13 7:51pm

College Republicans adjust platform on same-sex marriage

College Republican’s partnership with Penn Democrats and the Lambda Alliance last month to host a marriage equality event at the Love Statue on campus kicked off its recent support for same-sex marriage rights”