ColumnistsHow the White House turned a Pennsylvania trooper’s death into an immigration scare storyTrooper Michael E. Pahira Jr. was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The Trump administration turned it into a political rallying cry about Haitian immigrants.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist 59 minutes agoProgressive candidates line up to challenge Council incumbents | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist The whitewash is the lessonJonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Whiny babies are crying about Philly booing everyone at the Home Run DerbyStephanie Farr | Columnist The other Graham Platner crisis for Dems | Will Bunch NewsletterWill Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementGetting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist American Caligula: Trump’s assassination paranoia threatens us allFearing an assassination plot, Donald Trump is shredding civil liberties while bunkering down in a militarized D.C.Will Bunch | Columnist At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionBut letting Kyiv build Patriot air defenses in the future won’t meet the urgent need for U.S. help in stopping Russian ballistic missiles.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonPlus: A new state budget is in view, if not in focus, and legalized gambling makes the state complicit in a problematic industry.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Be outraged by the death of Lorenzo Salgado AraujoSalgado came from Mexico, built the American dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.Will Bunch | Columnist Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
How the White House turned a Pennsylvania trooper’s death into an immigration scare storyTrooper Michael E. Pahira Jr. was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The Trump administration turned it into a political rallying cry about Haitian immigrants.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist 59 minutes ago
How the White House turned a Pennsylvania trooper’s death into an immigration scare storyTrooper Michael E. Pahira Jr. was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. The Trump administration turned it into a political rallying cry about Haitian immigrants.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist 59 minutes ago
Progressive candidates line up to challenge Council incumbents | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Progressive candidates line up to challenge Council incumbents | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Getting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Getting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
American Caligula: Trump’s assassination paranoia threatens us allFearing an assassination plot, Donald Trump is shredding civil liberties while bunkering down in a militarized D.C.Will Bunch | Columnist
American Caligula: Trump’s assassination paranoia threatens us allFearing an assassination plot, Donald Trump is shredding civil liberties while bunkering down in a militarized D.C.Will Bunch | Columnist
At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionBut letting Kyiv build Patriot air defenses in the future won’t meet the urgent need for U.S. help in stopping Russian ballistic missiles.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionBut letting Kyiv build Patriot air defenses in the future won’t meet the urgent need for U.S. help in stopping Russian ballistic missiles.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonPlus: A new state budget is in view, if not in focus, and legalized gambling makes the state complicit in a problematic industry.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonPlus: A new state budget is in view, if not in focus, and legalized gambling makes the state complicit in a problematic industry.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Be outraged by the death of Lorenzo Salgado AraujoSalgado came from Mexico, built the American dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.Will Bunch | Columnist
Be outraged by the death of Lorenzo Salgado AraujoSalgado came from Mexico, built the American dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.Will Bunch | Columnist
Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist
I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist
The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist
Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist
Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
