ColumnistsYes, the slavery exhibits have been returned to the President’s House — but I’m still waiting for the other shoe to dropEven with the restoration of the panels at Independence National Historical Park, we are all left teetering on the razor-thin edge that separates celebration from grief, and elation from rage.Solomon Jones | Columnist Trump officials used AI to distort a photo of an anti-ICE activist. That’s not OK.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist On crime, public transit, and the economy, Philadelphia counts the ways | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist Is AI’s authoritarianism a bigger threat than Trump’s?Will Bunch | Columnist 2026 Toyota GR86: Plenty of fun, if you toss your EZPass Scott Sturgis | Columnist AdvertisementSavannah Guthrie’s mother is missing. But let’s not forget many others are, too.During a recent visit to Tucson, Ariz., I stopped by the home of Nancy Guthrie, and couldn't help but think of the pain experienced by her family — and hundreds of others with missing loved ones.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist Jesse Jackson’s death during Black History Month only magnifies an already immense lossAfter the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Jackson picked up the mantle of leading the civil rights movement. His passing — when Black history is under assault — seems to hit especially hard.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch NewsletterLast Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights,” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.Will Bunch | Columnist Masks don’t belong on ICE agents — or on campusAn incident involving mask-wearing demonstrators at Haverford College earlier this month should force a reexamination of campus policies.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandons | Trudy RubinEuropeans ramp up military spending, weapons production, and funding for all military aid to Ukraine to defend vs. Russian threats that Trump ignoresTrudy Rubin | Columnist No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town.A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests and concentration camps.Will Bunch | Columnist Harrisburg just can’t quit the sketchy tax revenue from skill gamesLawmakers reluctant to raise taxes find it easier to bleed problem gamblers.Paul Davies | Columnist Change is hard for SEPTA and Philadelphia schools | ShackamaxonDéjà vu as the school district's facilities plan goes the way of SEPTA's Bus Revolution. Plus: Free transit is a dead end, and City Council's public comment follies.Daniel Pearson | Columnist The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison.The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.Will Bunch | Columnist 2026 Cadillac Vistiq: It’s the $100,000 questionNever before has Mr. Driver’s Seat spent so much time lying on his stomach in the front seat trying to find various features. Scott Sturgis | Columnist Putting the Joe Frazier statue in the shadow of the Rocky statue is a low blowWe should not be elevating fiction over reality in Philadelphia as the federal government is attempting to erase our historical facts.Stephanie Farr | Columnist Why a film about the fight for immigrant rights in Philly during Trump 1.0 feels so relevant nowThe issues at the core of Kristal Sotomayor’s short film, “Expanding Sanctuary,” are both meaningfully the same and poignantly different from what they were when it was shot eight years ago.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the word of the year for 2026 is the F-bomb.Will Bunch | Columnist Trump didn’t bring impunity to immigration enforcementAs border residents can tell you, what’s playing out in places like Chicago and Minneapolis is, in many ways, nothing new.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist There is no Black Philadelphia history without Patti LaBelle The 81-year-old singer is the face of Visit Philadelphia's new campaign. “I’m a Philadelphia girl,” said LaBelle who now lives in Villanova.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Yes, the slavery exhibits have been returned to the President’s House — but I’m still waiting for the other shoe to dropEven with the restoration of the panels at Independence National Historical Park, we are all left teetering on the razor-thin edge that separates celebration from grief, and elation from rage.Solomon Jones | Columnist
Yes, the slavery exhibits have been returned to the President’s House — but I’m still waiting for the other shoe to dropEven with the restoration of the panels at Independence National Historical Park, we are all left teetering on the razor-thin edge that separates celebration from grief, and elation from rage.Solomon Jones | Columnist
Trump officials used AI to distort a photo of an anti-ICE activist. That’s not OK.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump officials used AI to distort a photo of an anti-ICE activist. That’s not OK.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
On crime, public transit, and the economy, Philadelphia counts the ways | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
On crime, public transit, and the economy, Philadelphia counts the ways | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Savannah Guthrie’s mother is missing. But let’s not forget many others are, too.During a recent visit to Tucson, Ariz., I stopped by the home of Nancy Guthrie, and couldn't help but think of the pain experienced by her family — and hundreds of others with missing loved ones.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Savannah Guthrie’s mother is missing. But let’s not forget many others are, too.During a recent visit to Tucson, Ariz., I stopped by the home of Nancy Guthrie, and couldn't help but think of the pain experienced by her family — and hundreds of others with missing loved ones.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Jesse Jackson’s death during Black History Month only magnifies an already immense lossAfter the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Jackson picked up the mantle of leading the civil rights movement. His passing — when Black history is under assault — seems to hit especially hard.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Jesse Jackson’s death during Black History Month only magnifies an already immense lossAfter the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Jackson picked up the mantle of leading the civil rights movement. His passing — when Black history is under assault — seems to hit especially hard.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch NewsletterLast Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights,” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.Will Bunch | Columnist
South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch NewsletterLast Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights,” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.Will Bunch | Columnist
Masks don’t belong on ICE agents — or on campusAn incident involving mask-wearing demonstrators at Haverford College earlier this month should force a reexamination of campus policies.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Masks don’t belong on ICE agents — or on campusAn incident involving mask-wearing demonstrators at Haverford College earlier this month should force a reexamination of campus policies.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandons | Trudy RubinEuropeans ramp up military spending, weapons production, and funding for all military aid to Ukraine to defend vs. Russian threats that Trump ignoresTrudy Rubin | Columnist
European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandons | Trudy RubinEuropeans ramp up military spending, weapons production, and funding for all military aid to Ukraine to defend vs. Russian threats that Trump ignoresTrudy Rubin | Columnist
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town.A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests and concentration camps.Will Bunch | Columnist
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town.A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests and concentration camps.Will Bunch | Columnist
Harrisburg just can’t quit the sketchy tax revenue from skill gamesLawmakers reluctant to raise taxes find it easier to bleed problem gamblers.Paul Davies | Columnist
Harrisburg just can’t quit the sketchy tax revenue from skill gamesLawmakers reluctant to raise taxes find it easier to bleed problem gamblers.Paul Davies | Columnist
Change is hard for SEPTA and Philadelphia schools | ShackamaxonDéjà vu as the school district's facilities plan goes the way of SEPTA's Bus Revolution. Plus: Free transit is a dead end, and City Council's public comment follies.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Change is hard for SEPTA and Philadelphia schools | ShackamaxonDéjà vu as the school district's facilities plan goes the way of SEPTA's Bus Revolution. Plus: Free transit is a dead end, and City Council's public comment follies.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison.The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.Will Bunch | Columnist
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison.The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.Will Bunch | Columnist
2026 Cadillac Vistiq: It’s the $100,000 questionNever before has Mr. Driver’s Seat spent so much time lying on his stomach in the front seat trying to find various features. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
2026 Cadillac Vistiq: It’s the $100,000 questionNever before has Mr. Driver’s Seat spent so much time lying on his stomach in the front seat trying to find various features. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
Putting the Joe Frazier statue in the shadow of the Rocky statue is a low blowWe should not be elevating fiction over reality in Philadelphia as the federal government is attempting to erase our historical facts.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Putting the Joe Frazier statue in the shadow of the Rocky statue is a low blowWe should not be elevating fiction over reality in Philadelphia as the federal government is attempting to erase our historical facts.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Why a film about the fight for immigrant rights in Philly during Trump 1.0 feels so relevant nowThe issues at the core of Kristal Sotomayor’s short film, “Expanding Sanctuary,” are both meaningfully the same and poignantly different from what they were when it was shot eight years ago.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Why a film about the fight for immigrant rights in Philly during Trump 1.0 feels so relevant nowThe issues at the core of Kristal Sotomayor’s short film, “Expanding Sanctuary,” are both meaningfully the same and poignantly different from what they were when it was shot eight years ago.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the word of the year for 2026 is the F-bomb.Will Bunch | Columnist
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the word of the year for 2026 is the F-bomb.Will Bunch | Columnist
Trump didn’t bring impunity to immigration enforcementAs border residents can tell you, what’s playing out in places like Chicago and Minneapolis is, in many ways, nothing new.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Trump didn’t bring impunity to immigration enforcementAs border residents can tell you, what’s playing out in places like Chicago and Minneapolis is, in many ways, nothing new.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
There is no Black Philadelphia history without Patti LaBelle The 81-year-old singer is the face of Visit Philadelphia's new campaign. “I’m a Philadelphia girl,” said LaBelle who now lives in Villanova.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
There is no Black Philadelphia history without Patti LaBelle The 81-year-old singer is the face of Visit Philadelphia's new campaign. “I’m a Philadelphia girl,” said LaBelle who now lives in Villanova.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
