Topic: Corruption

Locked up for campaign finance violations, a Philly political consultant loses weight and gains insight, Henry David Thoreau-style. An excerpt from Ken Smukler’s new memoir.

In L.A., allegations against a councilmember were met by his colleagues … doing the right thing. What a novel concept.

In this excerpt from his new book, a longtime political reformer dives deep into Philly’s unique culture of political corruption — and proposes ways to overcome it

The City of Philadelphia's constitution is a growing framework of both commonsense and potentially outdated laws.

The MSNBC host asks: Why are Republicans trying to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics?

Philadelphia's pro teams' success comes from honest teamwork ... How about some of that from City Hall? (Looking at you, Johnson and Parker.)

A two-mile paving debacle in Philly symbolizes how government isn’t working for American cities

There’s stuff that’s illegal ... and then there’s everything else

The convicted labor leader’s union has spent $40 million on Pennsylvania politicians since 2010. A writer for Broad + Liberty wonders if they will finally distance themselves from his influence.

… when just about everyone in it is complicit. State Rep. Jared Solomon and Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez have spoken out. But, in the aftermath of the Dougherty conviction, where are the others?