Sucker punch | 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.

Today's advice from Dear Abby.

Sullivan and Danley Jean Jacques had the goals in a win that provisionally put the Union above the playoff line. But the rest of the game will more likely be forgotten than remembered.

The Phillies beat the Braves, 4-2 at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, September 5, 2026,

Kyle Schwarber hit home run No. 41, extending his MLB lead as the Phillies shaved the race for the lead in the National League East to four games.

Nittany Lions quarterback Rocco Becht threw for 272 yards, four touchdowns, and finished with a 72% completion percentage.

The steady rise of the right-handed hurler is bolstered by an 0.79 ERA in 11 appearances on the mound.