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Even if groups like No Labels are able to recruit a presidential challenger for a third-party bid, they will have a tough time getting that candidate on the ballot due to the efforts of the two main political parties, writes Kyle Sammin.

Democrats and Republicans agree on something: no outside competition

Whenever the government has power over something, it can become a way for those in office to help their friends and hinder their enemies.

Kyle Sammin | Columnist

Neumann-Goretti students use their phones with flashlights on try to distract Archbishop's Ryan Thomas Sorber shooting a foul shot during the Catholic League semifinal at the Palestra.

Why doesn’t the Catholic League add a shot clock?

Migrants are gathered inside the fence of a makeshift detention center in El Paso in 2019.

Letters to the Editor | Feb. 26, 2024

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Chilling effect | Editorial Cartoon

Signe Wilkinson, For The Inquirer

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address on Feb. 6 in the rotunda in the Capitol building in Harrisburg.

Letters to the Editor | Feb. 25, 2024

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Democrats and Republicans agree on something: no outside competition

Whenever the government has power over something, it can become a way for those in office to help their friends and hinder their enemies.

Kyle Sammin | Columnist

Even if groups like No Labels are able to recruit a presidential challenger for a third-party bid, they will have a tough time getting that candidate on the ballot due to the efforts of the two main political parties, writes Kyle Sammin.

Even if groups like No Labels are able to recruit a presidential challenger for a third-party bid, they will have a tough time getting that candidate on the ballot due to the efforts of the two main political parties, writes Kyle Sammin.

Democrats and Republicans agree on something: no outside competition

Whenever the government has power over something, it can become a way for those in office to help their friends and hinder their enemies.

Kyle Sammin | Columnist

Are there four brave GOP House members with the courage to save Ukraine?

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks outside the West Wing of the White House in January, following a meeting with President Joe Biden on Ukraine's security needs and stalled aid.

I wrote a musical about grammar. Really.

The Grammarian | Columnist

A promo shot for the new musical "The Angry Grammarian." From left: Abrham Bogale, Madeline Snyder, Benjamin Behrend, Niamh Sherlock.

PennDot’s rejected vanity license plate list is a window into Pennsylvanians’ minds

Stephanie Farr | Columnist

Vanity license plates rejected by PennDot (that we can show you here) include "PASNGAS," "BNKROBR," and "DELCO OG."

A bad case of Putin-envy prevents Trump from calling out death of Navalny

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

Long before Alexei Navalny’s death, Donald Trump had zero moral qualms about leaders who commit murder, like Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin, writes Trudy Rubin.

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Ibram X. Kendi is the author of "Stamped from the Beginning," a graphic novel about Black history. High school teacher Matthew Reid argues that graphic novels help his students understand the past.

Why I teach Black history through graphic novels

Matthew Reid, For The Inquirer

"Destruction by Fire of Pennsylvania Hall. On the night of the 17th May, 1838."

Before the Civil War, race riots hurt and silenced many Black residents. Philadelphia owes them the truth.

Greg Johnson, For The Inquirer

Sydney King, who died earlier this month at 104, spent her life teaching Black girls in Philadelphia how to dance, and deepened their understanding of African American culture along the way.

Remembering Sydney King, a pioneering dance teacher who helped Black girls reach their ballet dreams

Karen Warrington, For The Inquirer

Sara Nović poses for a portrait with her two sons, ages 5 and 4, near a mural on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Nović, who is deaf, has concerns about the recent CHOP gene therapy trial that cured a boy of hearing loss.

I’m a deaf mom raising a deaf child. CHOP’s gene therapy for deafness has me worried.

Sara Nović, For The Inquirer

Takia McClendon (left) in her classroom at Bethune Elementary School in Philadelphia, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. McClendon is considering leaving the teaching job she loves because of the low pay. "I’ve made more money selling bikes and sneakers."

I met Philly schools’ superintendent at Whole Foods. As a teacher, I can’t afford to shop there.

Lydia Kulina-Washburn, For The Inquirer

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A Trump win would usher in an American theocracy centered on destroying reproductive rights | Editorial

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First grade teacher Sandra Gimenez, helping students sound out words. We visit Lingelbach Elementary School, 6340 Wayne Ave., Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.

Philadelphia School District is right to push phonics in reading education | Editorial

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Candles and photos of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are placed near the Russian Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in an Arctic penal colony.

Trump, Putin, and the murder of Alexei Navalny | Editorial

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Then-U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. While in power, Trump derided the leaders of some friendly nations while praising authoritarians such as Putin, a wanted war criminal.

Donald Trump’s Russia ties remain a national security risk | Editorial

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Efforts in some conservative-led states to whitewash history, including adopting new standards that emphasize the “benefits” of slavery, attempt to sugarcoat shameful events that still reverberate today, writes the Editorial Board.

Memo to the GOP: Black history is American history | Editorial

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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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