Pennsylvania

Prejudice in Pennsylvania: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride, reviewed

18 November 2023 9:00 am

Inspired by his own family history, McBride explores the problems faced by a Jewish shopkeeper and her black neighbours in the small town of Chicken Hill in the 1930s

results

Five head-scratching election results

17 November 2020 6:01 am

The 2020 election has already kicked up myriad allegations of fraud. From dead people voting in key states to late…

outcome imaginable

The activist left has been neutered for now

5 November 2020 6:16 am

At the time of writing, several key states are still tabulating or finding votes (depending on what side of the…

battleground

How Trump can win the election

4 November 2020 5:41 pm

As of 1:00 a.m. on Election Night, assuming Montana and Alaska go to Donald Trump and Nevada goes to Joe…

pennsylvania riots

The Philly riots could throw Pennsylvania to Trump

29 October 2020 10:23 am

Rioters and looters in Philadelphia may have just paved Trump’s road to victory in Pennsylvania. Biden helped last week when…

tom wolf

Tom Wolf, king of distraction

15 August 2020 4:40 am

Cockburn’s old compadre, Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis, stirred up the internet mob again this week when she dared…

religion

Black Lives Matter is a state-backed religion

26 June 2020 5:15 am

‘Protest’ often feels inadequate as a characterization for the public exhibitions that have erupted nationwide over the past several weeks.…

black vote

Can Trump appeal to America’s black silent minority?

10 June 2020 8:37 am

One of the largest obstacles standing in the way of Donald Trump’s re-election is his weakness in every big city…

jennifer levine

Misgendering is the real COVID crisis

16 May 2020 1:19 am

If it’s true that coronavirus is less likely to kill people with high levels of testosterone, Dr Rachel Levine —…

Detail of ‘Penn’s Treaty with the Indians’ by Benjamin West. Though William Penn was celebrated for his humane treatment of Native Americans, his heirs swindled the Lenape out of a million acres of territory

Should William Penn be shaking in his grave?

12 January 2019 9:00 am

The ultimate driving force of William Penn’s adult life is inaccessible, as the Quaker phrase ‘Inner Light’ suggests. While a…

Benjamin Lay (American School, 18th century)

Raising Cain

16 September 2017 9:00 am

It is a pretty safe bet that for every 1,000 people who know of William Wilberforce, no more than the…

A couple of stuck-up superbrats: Isabella Calthorpe and Claire Forlani

Fashion Victim – the Musical!: daft camp with a warm heart

5 July 2014 9:00 am

Fashion Victim — the Musical!. There’s a title that’s been waiting to be used for ages. The Cinema Museum is…