A free press can never be taken for granted, even under democratic rule | Trudy Rubin
Opinion

A free press can never be taken for granted, even under democratic rule | Trudy Rubin

by Trudy Rubin
While autocracies repress journalists, some democracies curb press independence — and White House legitimizes conspiracy theorists at social media summit.
The NotesFromHel Squad Strikes Again | Helen Ubiñas
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The NotesFromHel Squad Strikes Again | Helen Ubiñas

by Helen Ubiñas
“I thought I had to act upon it because I felt badly for him,” Zach said when I called him at his Penn Valley home this week.
The NotesFromHel Squad Strikes Again | Helen Ubiñas
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The NotesFromHel Squad Strikes Again | Helen Ubiñas

“I thought I had to act upon it because I felt badly for him,” Zach said when I called him at his Penn Valley home this week.
Lead reporter on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse story left home at 16 and knows how hard it is for girls living on their own | Jenice Armstrong
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Lead reporter on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse story left home at 16 and knows how hard it is for girls living on their own | Jenice Armstrong

by Jenice Armstrong
“I know how hard it is to make your way when you’re 16. These girls were almost homeless at 13, 14, 15. And I guess I could understand how you could get in that difficult situation," said Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who reexamined the Epstein case.
Lead reporter on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse story left home at 16 and knows how hard it is for girls living on their own | Jenice Armstrong
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Lead reporter on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse story left home at 16 and knows how hard it is for girls living on their own | Jenice Armstrong

“I know how hard it is to make your way when you’re 16. These girls were almost homeless at 13, 14, 15. And I guess I could understand how you could get in that difficult situation," said Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who reexamined the Epstein case.
For 300 years, Philly’s ‘founding fish’ has been missing from the Brandywine. Meet the folks trying to bring it back | Mike Newall
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For 300 years, Philly’s ‘founding fish’ has been missing from the Brandywine. Meet the folks trying to bring it back | Mike Newall

by Mike Newall
An unassuming fish trapped in the hinterlands of Delaware is a symbol of the natural beauty of our region – and what we’ve done to it, and what we can do to restore it.
For 300 years, Philly’s ‘founding fish’ has been missing from the Brandywine. Meet the folks trying to bring it back | Mike Newall
Opinion

For 300 years, Philly’s ‘founding fish’ has been missing from the Brandywine. Meet the folks trying to bring it back | Mike Newall

An unassuming fish trapped in the hinterlands of Delaware is a symbol of the natural beauty of our region – and what we’ve done to it, and what we can do to restore it.
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Firing Leana Wen a reminder of Planned Parenthood’s true mission | Christine Flowers
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Firing Leana Wen a reminder of Planned Parenthood’s true mission | Christine Flowers

by Christine M. Flowers
I’m glad that Planned Parenthood made this move, because it underscores something I have always known: that the organization doesn’t actually focus on women’s health.
Only Pa. Legislature could have a ‘Climate Caucus’ that wants 20 more years of fracking | Will Bunch
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Only Pa. Legislature could have a ‘Climate Caucus’ that wants 20 more years of fracking | Will Bunch

by Will Bunch
With global warming setting new records, even Pa. lawmakers in a so-called 'Climate Caucus" still want to lock in fossil fuels.
Redevelopment of Asian food plaza shows gentrification’s threat to Philly’s heritage retail | Inga Saffron
Column

Can heritage retail like Hoa Binh Plaza withstand the tidal force of Philadelphia’s housing boom? | Inga Saffron

by Inga Saffron
As much as Philadelphia needs to refresh and expand its housing stock, it also needs the jobs, culture, and social networks that independent heritage businesses like Washington Avenue’s Hoa Binh Plaza provide.
Women for Trump is a new army in a country divided by anger. And Pa. is primed for battle. | Maria Panaritis
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Women for Trump is a new army in a country divided by anger. And Pa. is primed for battle. | Maria Panaritis

by Maria Panaritis
While gamblers upstairs smoked and shot craps, God-fearing women downstairs were supercharged.
In the absence of a group for paralyzed gunshot survivors, they started their own | Helen Ubiñas
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In the absence of a group for paralyzed gunshot survivors, they started their own | Helen Ubiñas

by Helen Ubiñas
“I ain’t got no friends,” one man confided. “You have new friends here,” assured another survivor.
Meet the young Jews chanting ‘Never again!’ and blocking streets to shut down Trump’s camps | Will Bunch
Opinion

Meet the young Jews chanting ‘Never again!’ and blocking streets to shut down Trump’s camps | Will Bunch

by Will Bunch
The Never Against Action network is taking the lessons of the Holocaust to America's human-rights fiasco on the border.
After a decade in Montco, this Irish father of three could be deported by ICE | Christine Flowers
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After a decade in Montco, this Irish father of three could be deported by ICE | Christine Flowers

by Christine M. Flowers
His wife: "Keith doesn’t deserve to be separated from us, and our kids don’t deserve to lose their father. He is not a criminal."
An old firehouse, not tax breaks, brought this company to Camden | Inga Saffron
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An old firehouse, not tax breaks, brought this company to Camden | Inga Saffron

by Inga Saffron
An international architecture firm is now the steward of a historic firehouse in the city's Cooper Grant neighborhood.
Netroots Nation was the day Elizabeth Warren became president of the American left | Will Bunch
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Netroots Nation was the day Elizabeth Warren became president of the American left | Will Bunch

by Will Bunch
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's speech Saturday in Philly felt more like a coronation for the activist left.
A Philly mother’s searing memoir on her daughter’s overdose condemns the treatment system that failed her | Mike Newall
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A Philly mother’s searing memoir on her daughter’s overdose condemns the treatment system that failed her | Mike Newall

by Mike Newall
Elise Schiller's story is heartrending depiction of a family’s loss and a daughter’s struggle. It's also an indictment of the drug treatment system that compounded it.
Rafael Robb wanted to go to Israel, an Ivy League killer. A Pa. loophole almost let him. | Maria Panaritis
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Rafael Robb wanted to go to Israel, an Ivy League killer. A Pa. loophole almost let him. | Maria Panaritis

by Maria Panaritis
The only reason the ex-Ivy League professor-killer didn’t get away was a very lucky break.
TV picks: ‘Grantchester,’ ‘Suits’ (and a spin-off), ‘Queer Eye’ and more
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TV picks: ‘Grantchester,’ ‘Suits’ (and a spin-off), ‘Queer Eye’ and more

by Ellen Gray
What's new or noteworthy on television in the coming week.
In a town that welcomes people who are different, they have found jobs and homes of their own
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In a town that welcomes people who are different, they have found jobs and homes of their own

by Kevin Riordan
In Collingswood, 10 young adults with autism or other disabilities live and work on their own as members of the Independence Network program operated by JEVS Human Services.
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