Outlook hazy | Editorial Cartoon

People around here know Crestmont, but not why it exists. There is much to be learned by understanding how the unincorporated community in Abington Township came to be.

Inquirer readers on Labor Day, support for public transit, and presidential priorities.

Plus: Gov. Josh Shapiro’s embrace of “slopulism,” the Cecil B. Moore Library’s limited renovations, and the Academy of Natural Sciences’ museum closure.

The oldest museum of its kind in the nation, it has inspired generations of science enthusiasts. Drexel must find a way to preserve it.

Therapy and professional accomplishments can help us to go on, but there is no unseeing what we have seen.

We are overwhelmed by the constant barrage of toxic messages and distressful events that shape our sense of who we are as a society and negatively affect our physical and mental health.

Rather than lead and unite to fight the spread of the potentially deadly disease, President Donald Trump and his minions divide and misinform.

Inquirer readers on District Attorney Larry Krasner, mental health challenges, and the Academy of Natural Sciences closing.

Instead of being a hero and saving a man’s life, last week an officer talked to a man lying on his back in the street, then walked away. Minutes later, the man was killed by a hit-and-run driver.

The zoo’s 250,000 Actions for Animals Challenge asks Philadelphians to complete a quarter million individual actions by the end of 2026 that make life better for animals, habitats, and people.

Inquirer readers on Trump’s ballroom, Australian politics, and the cost of illegal tire dumping.

Are the deans of American medical schools alarmed? I know they are. So why haven’t more spoken out — and why hasn’t American academic medicine spoken with anything approaching a unified voice?

The plan tramples Venezuela’s sovereignty, benefits corrupt interests, and will likely fail to deliver for the American people.

Inquirer readers on renaming an aircraft carrier after Donald Trump, ICE arrests break records, and remembering Barack Obama on the mall.

We have seen misinformation about birth control spread — false claims that common forms of contraception are abortifacients — designed to create legal grounds to restrict them.

Three lawyers who still work in the district attorney’s office testified about the sloppy handling of a bid to overturn a 2009 murder conviction — and accused their boss of a cover-up.

The president has always been an entertainer — but staging spectacles from the Oval Office is precisely what autocrats do to boost their image.

It’s a big life change, so take things one step at a time.

Inquirer readers weigh in on the war on woke and the importance of vaccines.

Prosecutors withdrew all charges against Michael Fanning for the alleged March assault of his wife and adult daughter after the women did not wish to proceed with the case.

John Dougherty had served less than two years of a six-year sentence, but President Donald Trump approved a commutation to allow Dougherty to care for his gravely ill wife.

The 22-year-old hasn’t played this season because of a low back condition.

He gathered nearly 11,000 signatures to run as a third-party candidate after previously running for local office as a Republican and then switching his party registration.

The movie theater failed a city inspection in March and another in August. It was ordered to close on Aug. 25.

A dive into Wheeler’s biomechanics revealed that he was holding his glove two inches lower than usual. His start vs. his hometown Braves on Saturday will offer him a chance to get back on track.