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East Market Street, stretching from City Hall to the Delaware River, has witnessed everything from Thomas Jefferson’s penning of the Declaration of Independence to John Wanamaker’s innovating the modern American department store, Harris M. Steinberg writes.

Here’s the one question we haven’t answered in the Market Street arena debate

We haven't asked ourselves what we want East Market Street to be. Without a clearly articulated vision for the street, we're shooting in the dark.

Harris M. Steinberg, For The Inquirer

FILE - Frankie Beverly performs at the Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, July 7, 2019, in New Orleans. Beverly will be performing at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture, Fourth of July weekend, 2024, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)

Every celebration of Black culture ends with Frankie Beverly’s ‘Before I Let Go’

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

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Shook | Editorial Cartoon

Signe Wilkinson, For The Inquirer

People embrace at a makeshift memorial after a shooting last week at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.

Letters to the Editor | Sept. 12, 2024

Letters to the Editor, For The Inquirer

Former President Donald Trump dances after speaking at a campaign rally at Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center, Iowa, in January.

An epic presidential debate demands an epic playlist. Here’s ours.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion team

Every celebration of Black culture ends with Frankie Beverly’s ‘Before I Let Go’

The Philadelphia-born singer's iconic tune packs a river of emotion: sadness, hope, joy, pain, and love into the song, signaling to all who hear it. It's OK. It's time to go home.

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

FILE - Frankie Beverly performs at the Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, July 7, 2019, in New Orleans. Beverly will be performing at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture, Fourth of July weekend, 2024, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Frankie Beverly performs at the Essence Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, July 7, 2019, in New Orleans. Beverly will be performing at the 30th Essence Festival of Culture, Fourth of July weekend, 2024, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File)

Every celebration of Black culture ends with Frankie Beverly’s ‘Before I Let Go’

The Philadelphia-born singer's iconic tune packs a river of emotion: sadness, hope, joy, pain, and love into the song, signaling to all who hear it. It's OK. It's time to go home.

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

2025 Cadillac CT5: Competes on price; what about driving?

Scott Sturgis | Columnist

The Cadillac CT5 gets an update for the 2025 model year while still keeping its essential Cadillac-icity.

The debate circus came to town, pulling a caravan of promises past a trail of truth

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

Makeshift tombstones are part of a “national cemetery” commemorating people who lost their lives to substance abuse-related causes. The memorial was set up across the street from the National Constitution Center ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate.

The night Donald Trump choked like a dog (Kamala’s version)

Will Bunch | Columnist

People watch the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday at the Gipsy Las Vegas in Las Vegas.

GOP red states launch a war on voting rights | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Voter interrogations by "election police" are part of a sweeping, highly unusual effort led by Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis to investigate an abortion referendum measure just two months before Election Day. Here he is pictured at a news conference at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022.

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Former President Donald Trump, reflected on a wall, and Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center on Tuesday.

From Kamala Harris, a master class on how to take down a bully | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Who won the presidential debate — Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

The Editorial Board

Neo-Nazis, alt-right, and white supremacists march the night before the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.

On 9/11, America faced foreign attackers. Today, the danger comes from within. | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Presidential contenders Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are debating in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Tough questions must be asked and answered about Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House, writes the Editorial Board.

If debate moderators want to hold Trump accountable, they need to ask him these questions | Editorial

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The Editorial Board recommends state Rep. Mike Ramone for Delaware governor in the Republican primary.

Mike Ramone in the Republican primary for Delaware governor | Endorsement

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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

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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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