Pennsylvania Primary Election in Allentown

Could a Pennsylvania primary decide the Democratic party’s new direction? | Dustin Guastella

Election in Allentown pits three establishment insiders against a firefighter with a populist message Allentown, Pennsylvania, is the kind of place the national media brings up every now and then to talk about the troubles of the working class. That’s for good reason: the city is a great stand-in for America’s blue-collar blues. Billy Joel even wrote a song about it. The same goes for neighboring Bethlehem, which once was home to the largest steelmaking operation in the world. That operation ...

By Dustin Guastella