Shame of the commonwealth: PA tied for no. 3 in US for hate groups

By Rich Heiland, Columnist, The Times PENNSYLVANIA is tied for third among states…..and not in a good way. The Southern Poverty Law Center has released its “The Year in Hate & Extremism Report” for 2022. The report tallies up the number of hate and/or extremist groups in the country by state. Topping the list with 103 is California. Next comes Florida with 89. No surprise there. The...

The shame of silence

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Sunday night people in West Chester, Kennett Square and numerous other locations around Chester County came together to do what our president could not bring himself to do: condemn the terrorism of White Nationalists, including the attack on demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday. Instead, President Donald Trump has a new ad out attacking the media as...