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A Philadelphia Housing Authority-owned vacant home and a lot serving as a staging ground for construction in Sharswood, with the former Reynolds public school looming in the background, in July 2022.

What educational reform can learn from urban renewal

Education in Philadelphia is long overdue for a similar rebirth, and it needs new partnerships — especially with private entities — to grow and provide genuine choice to students.

David P. Hardy, For The Inquirer

Student protestors erected approximately 20 tents on Parrish Beach by Clothier Hall at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Why some Philly-area college students are not voting in the presidential election

Nina Sablan, For The Inquirer

Halle Brooks kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday.

In Hurricane Helene’s deadly wake, a crucial question lingers: When will we start taking climate change seriously? | Editorial

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Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school class at the Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Ga., in 2015.

Letters to the Editor | Oct. 3, 2024

Letters to the Editor, For The Inquirer

What a trip to Africa with Dikembe Mutombo taught me about the importance of hope

April Saul, For The Inquirer

2024 Kia EV9 GT-Line AWD: Performance, handling, and roominess top many gasoline-powered competitors

The all-new electric SUV rides in a category pretty much of its own; most similarly sized three-rows are luxury models sporting higher price tags.

Scott Sturgis | Columnist2 hours ago

The 2024 Kia EV9 has all the usual Kia touches, but the three-row SUV is powered by an electric motor — or two.

The 2024 Kia EV9 has all the usual Kia touches, but the three-row SUV is powered by an electric motor — or two.

2024 Kia EV9 GT-Line AWD: Performance, handling, and roominess top many gasoline-powered competitors

The all-new electric SUV rides in a category pretty much of its own; most similarly sized three-rows are luxury models sporting higher price tags.

Scott Sturgis | Columnist2 hours ago

A new Philly-set Hallmark holiday movie will feature Donna Kelce and a Philly Specials song

Stephanie Farr | Columnist

Donna Kelce, at right, has a word with actor Sara Canning, at left, in the new Hallmark holiday movie, "Christmas on Call," which is set in Philadelphia.

John Amos embodied the switch-cutting, loud-talking, hard-loving Black daddy on ‘Good Times’ And we loved him for it.

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

Actor John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84.

How unhinged must Trump get to even matter? | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday in Erie, Pa.

Debate prep: JD Vance has shown he is unfit to lead | The Homestretch

Paul Davies | Columnist

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a campaign rally Saturday in Newtown, Pa.

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Halle Brooks kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Helene in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday.

In Hurricane Helene’s deadly wake, a crucial question lingers: When will we start taking climate change seriously? | Editorial

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Who won the vice presidential debate — JD Vance or Tim Walz?

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Erin McClelland for Pennsylvania state treasurer | Endorsement

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School board president Reginald Streater should be commended, along with the city's Board of Education, for leading the effort to reorganize Philadelphia’s schools, writes the Editorial Board.

School board deserves kudos for tackling reorganization challenge | Editorial

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The Editorial Board recommends Janelle Stelson in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District.

Janelle Stelson for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District | Endorsement

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Special Reports

America’s maternal care system dehumanized me. I became a doula to change it.

I’m a Black doula who took charge of my birth. Now I’m taking on America’s $111 billion maternal care industry.

MaryNissi Lemon, For The Inquirer

MaryNissi Lemon of Lemonlife Doula and Birthing Services explains what it will look like when the baby’s head crowns during the childbirth education class at the Garsen Center, 4704 Leiper St. Phila., Pa. on May 22, 2022.

MaryNissi Lemon of Lemonlife Doula and Birthing Services explains what it will look like when the baby’s head crowns during the childbirth education class at the Garsen Center, 4704 Leiper St. Phila., Pa. on May 22, 2022.

America’s maternal care system dehumanized me. I became a doula to change it.

I’m a Black doula who took charge of my birth. Now I’m taking on America’s $111 billion maternal care industry.

MaryNissi Lemon, For The Inquirer

How I ended up alone in a cell for 45 days

Akeil Robertson-Jowers, For The Inquirer

Philadelphia artist Akeil Robertson-Jowers painted "US#1" while incarcerated. He created the piece in collaboration with other incarcerated men.

5 medical professionals on why they stay as hospital workers flee post-COVID

Mary Adamson, Maureen May, Uhura Free Russ, Latoya Charise Nesbitt, Carlos Aviles, and Jonathan Ley

Mary Adamson (center), an ICU Nurse at Temple University Hospital, with other Temple nurses. Adamson wrote a piece about all of the nurses that remain in the profession.

Six Philadelphians reflect on Black History Month and their hopes for the future | Opinion

Inquirer Opinion Editors, For The Inquirer

Protesters calling to defund the police march down East Market Street near Eighth Street in Center City Philadelphia in June 2020. Protests against racism and police violence continued in Philadelphia for a second week after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

In their own words, 7 moms whose kids were killed by gun violence share what they’ve lost

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

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