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Görlitzer Park in Berlin. Despite being home to a notorious open-air drug market, the park has remained a vibrant, community resource. Max Marin visited the park in Berlin to find out why, and to see if there might be any lessons for Philadelphia.

Germany’s open-air drug market remains a vibrant community space. What can Philly learn from it?

Berlin has prevented drug use from taking over its public spaces. Here are several factors that may explain why.

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‘And why did you leave your last job?’ | Editorial Cartoon

John Cole, For The Inquirer

Pediatrician Dan Taylor examines a young patient, Jaleene, recently at the primary care clinic at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Too many of my patients are losing their health insurance, and don’t even know it

Jeremy Jones, For The Inquirer

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops for reporters' questions about passing a funding bill and avoiding a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday. McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration.

Letters to the Editor | Sept. 22, 2023

Letters to the Editor, For The Inquirer

Demonstrators during a UAW practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit on Aug. 23.

UAW strike is exposing the fraud that GOP is the party of the working class

Will Bunch | Columnist

UAW strike is exposing the fraud that GOP is the party of the working class

Republicans have been crowing that they're now the party of the working class, so why do they oppose higher pay for workers?

Will Bunch | Columnist

Demonstrators during a UAW practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit on Aug. 23.

Demonstrators during a UAW practice picket outside the Stellantis Mack Assembly Plant in Detroit on Aug. 23.

UAW strike is exposing the fraud that GOP is the party of the working class

Republicans have been crowing that they're now the party of the working class, so why do they oppose higher pay for workers?

Will Bunch | Columnist

‘Jawn’ is now in Dictionary.com. So what?

The Grammarian | Columnist

“I’m Jawn Morgan” a Morgan & Morgan law firm billboard is visible from Spring Garden bridge in Philadelphia in March 2022.

John Fetterman’s questionable taste in clothes is good for the system

Stephanie Farr | Columnist

A sweatshirt-wearing Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) is surrounded by suits at the Capitol building.

One person’s hate speech is another’s free speech

Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist

The musician Roger Waters, who has compared Israel to the Third Reich, is a participant in a conference at Penn that critics have said is antisemitic and should be canceled.

Russia’s kidnapping of Ukrainian children under the spotlight at United Nations

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

Valentina Yermachkova, 20, (right) rescued her sisters, Sofiia, 15, (left) and Anastasia, 9, from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine. Their mother and brother were killed by Russian shelling in Mariupol.

Community members contribute their opinions about issues in the news.

Görlitzer Park in Berlin. Despite being home to a notorious open-air drug market, the park has remained a vibrant, community resource. Max Marin visited the park in Berlin to find out why, and to see if there might be any lessons for Philadelphia.

Germany’s open-air drug market remains a vibrant community space. What can Philly learn from it?

Pediatrician Dan Taylor examines a young patient, Jaleene, recently at the primary care clinic at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Too many of my patients are losing their health insurance, and don’t even know it

Jeremy Jones, For The Inquirer

Mom rage

‘Mom rage’ is a thing. Here’s why it happens, and what to do about it.

Minna Dubin, For The Inquirer

The sun sets behind the Philadelphia skyline as seen from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, 11 miles from Center City, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021.

Philadelphia is too often in crisis mode, which does nothing to stop future crises

Christopher Wink and Michael O’Bryan, For The Inquirer

Philadelphia police investigate the scene of a shooting in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.

In Point Breeze, the violence of gentrification

Alejandra Azuero-Quijano, For The Inquirer

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Constance Clayton, left, and JoAnne A. Epps. Their deaths this week, writes the Editorial Board, leave a major void.

With the deaths of Clayton and Epps, Philadelphia mourns two icons of education | Editorial

The Editorial Board

The CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get the updated booster shots to protect against the rise in COVID-19 infections.

Updated COVID boosters are here. Cue the MAGA misinformation. | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Candidates for mayor, Republican David Oh and Democrat Cherelle Parker.

Cherelle Parker should debate David Oh | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in May. Feinstein, 90, missed three months in the Senate this year because of an illness.

As aging lawmakers refuse to step aside, the next generation waits — and waits | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Protesters call for a national paid leave policy during a November 2021 demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol.

Congress must act to avert the looming childcare crisis | Editorial

The Editorial Board

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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