ColumnistsTrump can try to hide it but slavery is part of America’s storyThe Trump administration took down the slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park. The erasure of our shared history might hurt Trump's soul — if only he had one.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist European and business leaders force Trump to reverse course on threats to GreenlandTrudy Rubin | Columnist A win-win for Parker and Council brings $800 million housing spending plan closer to reality | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration campsWill Bunch | Columnist Two years in, here’s how Philly’s political insiders think Cherelle Parker is doing as mayorPaul Davies | Columnist AdvertisementPETA says Punxsutawney Phil should be a hologram. Gov. Shapiro says, ‘Don’t tread on me.’Turning Phil into a hologram is the latest in a long line of suggestions PETA has made when it comes Pennsylvania's strangest holiday. Stephanie Farr | Columnist Yo, Philly! There’s no need to move the Rocky statueRelocating the statue to the top of the museum steps is part of the creeping privatization of the Art Museum grounds.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer 2026 Volkswagen Atlas: Nice drive, but then things got hotAdjusting the heating and cooling was so cumbersome Mr. Driver’s Seat was tempted to just suffer, something he doesn’t do in silence. Scott Sturgis | Columnist The madness of King Trump threatens U.S. and global securityThe White House is putting America in league with Moscow as an aggressor willing to invade or coerce a neighbor into handing over territory.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Who’s a Jew? The government should never ask.Many people at the University of Pennsylvania are up in arms about the Trump administration’s effort to compel the school to identify Jewish students and employees. They should be.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Yo, Dems: You can’t ‘reform’ fascism | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, America’s appalling betrayal of the Hmong.Will Bunch | Columnist Four of the five Mar-a-Largo-faced women on ‘Members Only’ are from Philly. Why are we watching this? The Netflix hit features four high-society Philadelphia women, only one of whom we've heard of before. All living out a gold-trimmed Donald Trump fever dream.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist No matter what Trump may claim, protecting civil rights doesn’t prompt reverse racismWhen I read that the president had met with New York Times journalists at the White House and told them that civil rights led to white people being “very badly treated,” my jaw dropped.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist The day that CBS News became literally ‘fake news’ for AmericaAn unverified, unlikely story about the Minneapolis ICE shooter exposes the new CBS News team as Trump's state media.Will Bunch | Columnist We’d be so much better off if Kamala Harris had been elected presidentShe wasn’t a perfect candidate. Far from it. But once elected, I have no doubt Harris would have led the country with dignity and integrity, values currently in short supply inside the Oval Office.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist The view from Greenland: Trump’s yen to take over makes no economic or security senseAn existing treaty offers full U.S. military access to the island, so why go to war against NATO member Denmark?Trudy Rubin | Columnist Will Shortz is moving the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament to PhiladelphiaThe tournament, now in its 48th year, was the subject of the 2006 documentary "Wordplay." Stephanie Farr | Columnist Americans take their heroes where they can get them, but they should look past Philly’s sheriff | ShackamaxonThis week, Rochelle Bilal gets the national spotlight over her comments about ICE. Plus, SEPTA's many woes, and a lackluster Semiquincentennial so far.Daniel Pearson | Columnist From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do moreThe success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic road map for stopping Trump's abuses.Will Bunch | Columnist In the lottery of life, I got luckyMy mother died last week, after a long and fruitful life. Of course, it’s always sad to lose a loved one. But since she passed, I’ve felt more serendipity than sorrow.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Trump can try to hide it but slavery is part of America’s storyThe Trump administration took down the slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park. The erasure of our shared history might hurt Trump's soul — if only he had one.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump can try to hide it but slavery is part of America’s storyThe Trump administration took down the slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park. The erasure of our shared history might hurt Trump's soul — if only he had one.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
European and business leaders force Trump to reverse course on threats to GreenlandTrudy Rubin | Columnist
European and business leaders force Trump to reverse course on threats to GreenlandTrudy Rubin | Columnist
A win-win for Parker and Council brings $800 million housing spending plan closer to reality | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
A win-win for Parker and Council brings $800 million housing spending plan closer to reality | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Two years in, here’s how Philly’s political insiders think Cherelle Parker is doing as mayorPaul Davies | Columnist
Two years in, here’s how Philly’s political insiders think Cherelle Parker is doing as mayorPaul Davies | Columnist
PETA says Punxsutawney Phil should be a hologram. Gov. Shapiro says, ‘Don’t tread on me.’Turning Phil into a hologram is the latest in a long line of suggestions PETA has made when it comes Pennsylvania's strangest holiday. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
PETA says Punxsutawney Phil should be a hologram. Gov. Shapiro says, ‘Don’t tread on me.’Turning Phil into a hologram is the latest in a long line of suggestions PETA has made when it comes Pennsylvania's strangest holiday. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Yo, Philly! There’s no need to move the Rocky statueRelocating the statue to the top of the museum steps is part of the creeping privatization of the Art Museum grounds.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Yo, Philly! There’s no need to move the Rocky statueRelocating the statue to the top of the museum steps is part of the creeping privatization of the Art Museum grounds.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
2026 Volkswagen Atlas: Nice drive, but then things got hotAdjusting the heating and cooling was so cumbersome Mr. Driver’s Seat was tempted to just suffer, something he doesn’t do in silence. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
2026 Volkswagen Atlas: Nice drive, but then things got hotAdjusting the heating and cooling was so cumbersome Mr. Driver’s Seat was tempted to just suffer, something he doesn’t do in silence. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
The madness of King Trump threatens U.S. and global securityThe White House is putting America in league with Moscow as an aggressor willing to invade or coerce a neighbor into handing over territory.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The madness of King Trump threatens U.S. and global securityThe White House is putting America in league with Moscow as an aggressor willing to invade or coerce a neighbor into handing over territory.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Who’s a Jew? The government should never ask.Many people at the University of Pennsylvania are up in arms about the Trump administration’s effort to compel the school to identify Jewish students and employees. They should be.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Who’s a Jew? The government should never ask.Many people at the University of Pennsylvania are up in arms about the Trump administration’s effort to compel the school to identify Jewish students and employees. They should be.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Yo, Dems: You can’t ‘reform’ fascism | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, America’s appalling betrayal of the Hmong.Will Bunch | Columnist
Yo, Dems: You can’t ‘reform’ fascism | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, America’s appalling betrayal of the Hmong.Will Bunch | Columnist
Four of the five Mar-a-Largo-faced women on ‘Members Only’ are from Philly. Why are we watching this? The Netflix hit features four high-society Philadelphia women, only one of whom we've heard of before. All living out a gold-trimmed Donald Trump fever dream.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
Four of the five Mar-a-Largo-faced women on ‘Members Only’ are from Philly. Why are we watching this? The Netflix hit features four high-society Philadelphia women, only one of whom we've heard of before. All living out a gold-trimmed Donald Trump fever dream.Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
No matter what Trump may claim, protecting civil rights doesn’t prompt reverse racismWhen I read that the president had met with New York Times journalists at the White House and told them that civil rights led to white people being “very badly treated,” my jaw dropped.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
No matter what Trump may claim, protecting civil rights doesn’t prompt reverse racismWhen I read that the president had met with New York Times journalists at the White House and told them that civil rights led to white people being “very badly treated,” my jaw dropped.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
The day that CBS News became literally ‘fake news’ for AmericaAn unverified, unlikely story about the Minneapolis ICE shooter exposes the new CBS News team as Trump's state media.Will Bunch | Columnist
The day that CBS News became literally ‘fake news’ for AmericaAn unverified, unlikely story about the Minneapolis ICE shooter exposes the new CBS News team as Trump's state media.Will Bunch | Columnist
We’d be so much better off if Kamala Harris had been elected presidentShe wasn’t a perfect candidate. Far from it. But once elected, I have no doubt Harris would have led the country with dignity and integrity, values currently in short supply inside the Oval Office.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
We’d be so much better off if Kamala Harris had been elected presidentShe wasn’t a perfect candidate. Far from it. But once elected, I have no doubt Harris would have led the country with dignity and integrity, values currently in short supply inside the Oval Office.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
The view from Greenland: Trump’s yen to take over makes no economic or security senseAn existing treaty offers full U.S. military access to the island, so why go to war against NATO member Denmark?Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The view from Greenland: Trump’s yen to take over makes no economic or security senseAn existing treaty offers full U.S. military access to the island, so why go to war against NATO member Denmark?Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Will Shortz is moving the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament to PhiladelphiaThe tournament, now in its 48th year, was the subject of the 2006 documentary "Wordplay." Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Will Shortz is moving the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament to PhiladelphiaThe tournament, now in its 48th year, was the subject of the 2006 documentary "Wordplay." Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Americans take their heroes where they can get them, but they should look past Philly’s sheriff | ShackamaxonThis week, Rochelle Bilal gets the national spotlight over her comments about ICE. Plus, SEPTA's many woes, and a lackluster Semiquincentennial so far.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Americans take their heroes where they can get them, but they should look past Philly’s sheriff | ShackamaxonThis week, Rochelle Bilal gets the national spotlight over her comments about ICE. Plus, SEPTA's many woes, and a lackluster Semiquincentennial so far.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do moreThe success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic road map for stopping Trump's abuses.Will Bunch | Columnist
From Spotify to Avelo, economic pressure is melting ICE — but we can do moreThe success of boycotting corporations supporting immigration raids is an economic road map for stopping Trump's abuses.Will Bunch | Columnist
In the lottery of life, I got luckyMy mother died last week, after a long and fruitful life. Of course, it’s always sad to lose a loved one. But since she passed, I’ve felt more serendipity than sorrow.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
In the lottery of life, I got luckyMy mother died last week, after a long and fruitful life. Of course, it’s always sad to lose a loved one. But since she passed, I’ve felt more serendipity than sorrow.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
