City denies Sanders presidential campaign a rally permit40 minutes ago

The city has denied a permit to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign for a rally in South Philadelphia a day before the Democratic National Convention, but has said the campaign can apply for a different site. The Sanders' campaign had sought a July 24 rally with an estimated crowd of 15,000 to 40,000 at the Richie Ashburn baseball field located in FDR Park.

Immigration advocates take protest to street and voting booth

As soon as pro-immigration demonstrators were cleared from the Broad Street ramp of the Vine Street Expressway Tuesday morning - including four hauled off in handcuffs - other advocates assembled five blocks away at City Hall to get out the vote against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. "From his promise to create a deportation force, to calling immigrants rapists and killers, Trump has shown he stands squarely against us," said Lizet Ocampo, Latino vote director of the People for the American Way, a national progressive advocacy group that headlined the City Hall speak-out.

US Rep. Fattah steps down after racketeering conviction

Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., leaves the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Fattah, a veteran Pennsylvania congressman, was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan related to his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral bid.

Pols on the Street: Will Philly Ever Learn How to Handle Protests??

CHERI HONKALA, leader of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, was outside City Hall last week to discuss the denial of her group's application permit to protest during the upcoming Democratic National Convention. She's the lady who for years has staged demonstrations, set up tent cities, and staged blockades in her constant efforts to draw attention to the fact we have homeless, the poor get poorer, and human rights are denied our city's neediest.

Rep. Chaka Fattah convicted in corruption case

The 59-year-old Democrat, who represents West Philadelphia, was found guilty on all 23 charges he faced, which included racketeering, money laundering and fraud. The charges stemmed from schemes to repay an illegal $1 million loan to Fattah's failed 2007 Philadelphia mayoral campaign, with the Justice Department arguing that Fattah used federal grants and nonprofit funds, routed through campaign consultants to repay the loan.

Political scandals linger as Philly readies for convention

The streets are freshly swept, the hotel rooms are pristine, the party invitations have gone out and extra police patrols are assigned. Tougher to clean up and shine, however, is the state's political image, tarnished by recent political corruption cases that have implicated many Democrats across the state.

Protesters March For Gun Control In Delaware County

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