ColumnistsJesse 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 NewsletterWill Bunch | Columnist Masks don’t belong on ICE agents — or on campusJonathan Zimmerman | Columnist At Munich Security Conference, European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandonsTrudy Rubin | Columnist No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town.Will Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementHarrisburg 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 Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we?Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein’s creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.Will Bunch | Columnist Trump’s racist Truth Social post about the Obamas is meant to demean us allTrump has chosen to use the 100th anniversary of Black History Month to send a message. It is now open season on Black people.Solomon Jones | Columnist Trump’s sharing of a racist video of the Obamas on Truth Social is beyond the pale, even for himTrump is a petty, vindictive man whose obsession with the Obamas goes way back. It began in 2011, when Trump deliberately started a campaign of lies about Obama.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist State House bills could help round out Gov. Shapiro’s ambitious housing plan | ShackamaxonPlus: The case against the school district over its admissions policy is back on again, and Jeffery "Jay" Young holds one bad bill but raises Philadelphia two more.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Trump helps Putin wage an ‘energy war’ to freeze Ukrainian civilians into surrenderThe president's refusal to press Putin to end attacks on energy and power infrastructure makes him complicit in Russian war crimes.Trudy Rubin | Columnist From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill CountyA massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.Will Bunch | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
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
At Munich Security Conference, European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandonsTrudy Rubin | Columnist
At Munich Security Conference, European leaders commit to protect Western values that White House abandonsTrudy Rubin | 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
Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we?Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein’s creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.Will Bunch | Columnist
Europe is holding its Epstein creeps accountable. Why can’t we?Europeans are pushing to hold Jeffrey Epstein’s creepy pals, including billionaires like Elon Musk, accountable. The U.S.? Not so much.Will Bunch | Columnist
Trump’s racist Truth Social post about the Obamas is meant to demean us allTrump has chosen to use the 100th anniversary of Black History Month to send a message. It is now open season on Black people.Solomon Jones | Columnist
Trump’s racist Truth Social post about the Obamas is meant to demean us allTrump has chosen to use the 100th anniversary of Black History Month to send a message. It is now open season on Black people.Solomon Jones | Columnist
Trump’s sharing of a racist video of the Obamas on Truth Social is beyond the pale, even for himTrump is a petty, vindictive man whose obsession with the Obamas goes way back. It began in 2011, when Trump deliberately started a campaign of lies about Obama.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump’s sharing of a racist video of the Obamas on Truth Social is beyond the pale, even for himTrump is a petty, vindictive man whose obsession with the Obamas goes way back. It began in 2011, when Trump deliberately started a campaign of lies about Obama.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
State House bills could help round out Gov. Shapiro’s ambitious housing plan | ShackamaxonPlus: The case against the school district over its admissions policy is back on again, and Jeffery "Jay" Young holds one bad bill but raises Philadelphia two more.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
State House bills could help round out Gov. Shapiro’s ambitious housing plan | ShackamaxonPlus: The case against the school district over its admissions policy is back on again, and Jeffery "Jay" Young holds one bad bill but raises Philadelphia two more.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Trump helps Putin wage an ‘energy war’ to freeze Ukrainian civilians into surrenderThe president's refusal to press Putin to end attacks on energy and power infrastructure makes him complicit in Russian war crimes.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump helps Putin wage an ‘energy war’ to freeze Ukrainian civilians into surrenderThe president's refusal to press Putin to end attacks on energy and power infrastructure makes him complicit in Russian war crimes.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill CountyA massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.Will Bunch | Columnist
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill CountyA massive warehouse in Tremont, Pa., that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in a $119 million ICE deal.Will Bunch | Columnist
