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Temple wide receiver Dante Wright cannot hold on to the ball for the two-point conversion in a game last month against Army at Lincoln Financial Field. The Owls lost 42-14.

Temple football, we love you, but we have to talk

With 30 losing seasons in the last 43 years, is it time for the university to drop its football program?

Dave Caldwell, For The Inquirer

An electronic billboard advertisement inside the Fashion District for the Sixers proposed arena, 76 Place.

Letters to the Editor | Oct. 14, 2024

Letters to the Editor, For The Inquirer

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo.

America’s choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?

Will Bunch | Columnist

In this file photo from 2018, Debra E. Johnson, then the branch manager at the Nicetown-Tioga Library, poses near a bank of computers for public use. The library has been closed since April awaiting renovations, and until it reopens, write Amelia Price and Michael Froehlich, the neighborhood has lost critical center of activity.

The closure and delayed reopening of the Nicetown-Tioga Library have been devastating for the neighborhood

Amelia Price and Michael Froehlich, For The Inquirer

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Courtly conduct | Editorial Cartoon

John Cole, For The Inquirer

America’s choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?

Donald Trump's Aurora rally about an invented gang takeover epitomized a campaign based on fantastical lies and true believers.

Will Bunch | Columnist

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo.

America’s choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?

Donald Trump's Aurora rally about an invented gang takeover epitomized a campaign based on fantastical lies and true believers.

Will Bunch | Columnist

After she was featured in a Trump attack ad, this Philly-area mom is fighting back with the truth

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

Kimberly Burrell stands at the podium next to her daughter, Demi Pray, (left) before speaking about appearing in a Trump ad without her consent.

What does Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want from Pennsylvania ... and America?

Will Bunch | Columnist

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage to speak alongside Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

2024 Subaru Solterra is just a Toyota by another name, for better or worse

Scott Sturgis | Columnist

While most EVs can have a similar look and shape, the Subaru Solterra looks just like the Toyota bZ4X, because they are virtually identical.

This Philadelphia-area mother was shocked to see herself in a Trump attack ad. She’s a lifelong Democrat voting for Kamala Harris.

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

Kimberly Burrell, who is a lifelong Democrat, found herself the face of an attack ad for Donald Trump after they plucked a quote of hers from an interview she did with MSNBC about a completely unrelated topic.

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Former President Donald Trump addresses supporters on the campaign trail at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pa. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

Project 2025 offers a chilling preview of Trump’s autocratic plans for a second term | Editorial

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The Editorial Board recommends U.S. Rep. Andy Kim in the race to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.

Andy Kim to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate | Endorsement

The Editorial Board

The Inquirer Editorial Board recommends State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta in the race for Pennsylvania auditor general.

Malcolm Kenyatta for auditor general | Endorsement

The Editorial Board

An estimated 240 billion pennies are more likely in a piggy bank instead of being circulated, writes the Editorial Board, while the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia keeps making pennies that don’t get spent to replace pennies that didn’t get spent.

Penny dreadful? America slowly makes its move to a cashless economy. | Editorial

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Dockworker Meikysha Wright and others strike outside the Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, Va., on Oct. 1.

Longshoremen strike underscores AI challenges faced by workers | Editorial

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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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