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History shows voting by mail can help cultivate democracy, and Americans have been voting by post for more than 200 years.

The nonprofit runs Mercy Hospice, which houses 31 women grappling with substance use, homelessness, and a host of other challenges. “It’s showing us how to be a friend,” one resident said.

A record vote by Arab citizens could mark a turning point in ethnic relations within Israel — if Jewish Israelis don’t say no.

As Election Day approaches, John Cole reflects on the fine print that comes with casting a ballot.

Inquirer readers on a proposed parking ticket amnesty in Philadelphia and the closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum.

The workforce our region depends on for its own care is the same workforce quietly absorbing the caregiving crisis at home.

Plus: Explanations lacking in Academy closure, preventing gas shutoffs is misguided, and Jeffery “Jay” Young Jr. doth protest too much.

The president’s crude remark about the rap star’s appearance during a recent campaign stop stirred an ancestral memory for some African Americans, including me.

John Cole on how President Trump’s low approval ratings appear to be weighing on GOP candidates in advance of Tuesday’s midterm election.

Inquirer readers on the Lindsay Clancy murder trial and protecting the polls on Election Day.

A Philly Democrat’s show of support for Brazil's leftist Lula hints at a very different brand in next year’s Congress.

No one else so celebrated the possibilities of what we could bring into being if we just got off the sidewalk and walked into history together.

From a 3-year-old soccer whiz removed from play to the careless treatment of a young person outside City Hall, justice isn’t always served when it comes to Black children.

The midterm elections pit voters’ discontent with Trump and Republicans against unprecedented spending by the superrich.

Inquirer readers on President Trump’s stock trades and Villanova basketball’s departure from the Big 5.

Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has stood up to POTUS’s threats. He calls her “totally toxic.”

The state House passed legislation to open primary elections to Pennsylvania’s roughly 1.5 million independent voters, but the bill has not moved through the Senate.

Maida Odom — who spent decades as a reporter, then many years as a journalism professor at Temple University, and recently died — is remembered by one of her mentees.

Inquirer readers on the profits being made by oil and gas companies, campaign finance reform, and a battle of the Dans in the Alaska Senate race.

Will the eleventh-hour cash infusion — now allowing her to run more than $6 million in ads on TV and streaming services — be enough to boost her name recognition ahead of Election Day?

Two friends are attempting to drive toy cars from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls to set a Guinness World Record and raise awareness for suicide prevention.

It's the first "Sunday Night Football" game outside September to air on NBC featuring teams with a combined win percentage less than .300.

Philadelphia’s Department of Sanitation recommends people self-compost their pumpkins or utilize a free food composting service.

Professionals who can help companies implement AI and cope with its complexity are in high demand.

The idea was born about three years ago on Mount Roberts in Alaska, when a Bryn Mawr College professor and several colleagues were on a hiking trip.