The price of free speech | Editorial Cartoon

When the planes hit the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, most of us did not realize it was the first step in the dismantling of the world we knew.

Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump’s mass deportation, as local cops, lured by federal cash, bust scores of migrants.

The senator’s dysfunction has been well chronicled, but new revelations last week underscored his disregard for voters and his job.

Inquirer readers on the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum and the controversy over Flock cameras.

RFK Jr.’s rule changes to Head Start are not final yet, so the public has until Oct. 6 to voice any opposition to the proposed deregulation.

The Trump team fires FBI and DOJ units specializing in fighting domestic terror attacks, including those from Iran, while POTUS incites violence against his political opponents.

Inquirer readers on the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum and President Trump’s decision to pardon former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty.

Having more than two parties wouldn’t magically solve all problems, but it could broaden democratic competition and debate.

Plus, a cowardly response to the U.K.’s masked thugs.

Americans are increasingly uncertain about participating in our nation’s public conversation. This should alarm us all.

The pressure our community has faced since 2001 has made us stronger in a lot of ways. It forced us to build real, lasting ties with our religious allies.

President Donald Trump is doing everything he can to cast doubt on the electoral outcome, or possibly reject the results if Democrats win.

Inquirer readers on the president’s immigration policies and Americans living under different realities.

Reports of its demise proliferate, but a cadre of bibliophiles keeps reading very much alive.

I don’t pretend to comprehend the various intricacies of Black womanhood. I do understand that among the duties of Black manhood is giving support to our sisters.

Inquirer readers on Donald Trump’s voter suppression efforts, the president’s job description, and the Philadelphia Cycling Classic.

After 9/11, Americans found common ground and a greater sense of community. Twenty-five years later, our current leaders prefer sowing seeds of division.

John Cole on President Donald Trump's plan to use the U.S. Postal Service to determine who is eligible to vote by mail.

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.

Lehigh Valley Republican Ryan Mackenzie went on the attack against his Democratic opponent, Bob Brooks, and embraced the president at the GOP convention in Dallas.

Mannion discussed his decision to call plays from the coaching box, as opposed to down on the field.

Dontae Williams and Chase Thompson are accused of raping the student in a dorm room while she was passed out after a night of drinking.

Greenard said his first appearance in an Eagles uniform would ultimately be up to the coaches.

Roger Gosson, 63, was convicted of third-degree murder in the killing of Joshua Daywalt, 35, whose body was found in February 2025 in the Schuylkill.

Walker showed up as a guest reader to Stephen Girard Elementary School students as part of the Books & Basketball program through a partnership with Morgan & Morgan and the Sixers.