Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Pennsylvania Records 3rd Straight Day of Less Than 400 COVID Cases
While other states record an uptick in cases, Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf’s measured approach to reopening appears to be working.
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Dominique Fells and Riah Milton: The Latest Victims in the ‘Epidemic of Violence’ Facing Trans People
Fells and Milton’s deaths represent at least the 13th and 14th violent killings of transgender or gender non-conforming people in the United States in 2020, according to the Human Rights campaign.
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The ‘Warrior Mindset’ of Cops Is One of the Biggest Obstacles to Police Reform
“Fear is motivating a lot of excessive force because you just have a lot of officers out there who don’t know how to handle themselves properly” in situations that require the use of defensive tactics.
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Inside Joe Biden’s Ambitious Plan to Reopen the Economy
Biden’s plan would include federally-funded testing and PPE for all workers called back to their jobs, guaranteed paid sick leave for workers affected by COVID-19, and the creation of a contact tracing jobs program of at least 100,000 workers.
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850,000 Pennsylvanians Will Lose Healthcare Coverage If Republicans Don’t Do Something
Lawmakers had a chance to advance legislation that would have enshrined consumer provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law. They opted not to.
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America’s Top Military Official: ‘I Should Not Have Been’ at Trump’s Photo Op
Army Gen. Mark Milley said he was wrong to have accompanied the president on his June 1 walk through Lafayette Square to St. John’s Church, where Trump held a bible aloft in an awkward publicity stunt.
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Trump Tweets Conspiracy Theory About 75-Year-Old Man Assaulted by Police
Hundreds of videos show police escalating violence at protests, yet the president is still trying to blame antifa.
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Police Unions Are Preventing Real Reform. Here’s How.
In many police unions, advocacy for members often means ignoring misconduct, supporting officers regardless of what they’ve done, fighting tooth and nail against meaningful reform, and in some cases, resorting to threats.
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This Is Why Your Child’s Crumbling School Building Hasn’t Been Repaired
The majority of U.S. public school districts need to make significant building repairs to their schools, but lack the funding to do so, a new study reports.
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What the End of Pennsylvania’s Stay At Home Order Means
Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home order expires at 11:59 p.m. on June 4—more than two months after Gov. Tom Wolf first issued the decree.






















