ColumnistsSome City Council members could learn a lesson from Richard Lazer’s PPA leadership | ShackamaxonUnder Lazer, the Philadelphia Parking Authority went from a patronage den to a civic asset.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Mayday! Can a May 1 general strike save American democracy?Will Bunch | Columnist Trump’s extended ceasefire shows his desperation to exit his failed Iran war — but he doesn’t know howTrudy Rubin | Columnist At Penn, we’re all Jews nowJonathan Zimmerman | Columnist ‘To Philly With Love,’ a new Hallmark movie, wants to be ‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The Notebook’Stephanie Farr | Columnist AdvertisementNew civil war just dropped … at the Supreme Court | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Can Big AI buy off the Democratic Party?Will Bunch | Columnist Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’An Ivy League university’s report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American dream of college.Will Bunch | Columnist We still tap MAC and go to concerts at Spaghetti Warehouse. Philly doesn’t accept new names.Our defiance builds community. Don’t like it? Go pound sand up Delaware Avenue. Stephanie Farr | Columnist Five years ago, Jake Voráček called me a name and ripped my writing. Sean Couturier didn’t let me forget.Flyers captain Sean Couturier answered my question the same way Voracek did on the postgame podium five years ago. Then came that toothless smile.Mike Sielski | Columnist On North Broad, a job placement program offers ‘third, fourth — however many chances’One in three U.S. adults has a criminal record, which limits their access to education, jobs, housing, and other opportunities.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist Unlike Boston and NJ Transit, SEPTA won’t gouge World Cup fans | ShackamaxonPlus: The Philadelphia Housing Authority innovates, how red tape strangles new businesses, and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s floundering fashion.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Ukraine’s ambassador spells out why a Kyiv-Washington partnership is so urgentKyiv can provide vital drone technology in return for Patriot missiles to counter Russian bombardment.Trudy Rubin | Columnist A World Cup in Trump’s America is insane. How this fan is coping.From price gouging to travel bans, the U.S.-centered World Cup is becoming obscene. What should soccer fans do?Will Bunch | Columnist Don’t be so quick to write off former VP Kamala Harris in ’28A recent appearance by the onetime Democratic presidential nominee gave me a glimmer of hope and a ray of excitement — emotions I haven’t felt much in a big way since Trump’s inauguration last year.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were big losers in Hungary’s election on SundayThe defeat of Viktor Orbán was also a victory for Americans and Europeans who support electoral democracy and the rule of law.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Why the ‘Nazi tattoo guy’ is winning in Maine | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Talk-radio Catholics vote for Trump over their pope.Will Bunch | Columnist Who’s afraid of the big, bad Trump? Not Pope Leo.After being attacked by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV has responded that he will not be silent or stop advocating for peace.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist You could bet (literally!!) that greedy U.S. kleptocrats couldn’t get Iran dealDrunk from war profits on everything from crypto to drones, Trump’s team of kleptocrats has no idea how to end their failed Iran war.Will Bunch | Columnist Why I agreed to debate conservative podcaster Steven Crowder — and why it didn’t happenPenn effectively shut down the event. We liberals talk a good game about our commitment to “challenging discussions.” But when a conversation might become truly challenging, we run the other way.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Trump proposes illegal joint venture with Iran to toll ships going through Strait of HormuzThe president’s behavior, vulgarity, threats to allies, and mishandling of the Iran war raise issues of mental competence.Trudy Rubin | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Some City Council members could learn a lesson from Richard Lazer’s PPA leadership | ShackamaxonUnder Lazer, the Philadelphia Parking Authority went from a patronage den to a civic asset.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Some City Council members could learn a lesson from Richard Lazer’s PPA leadership | ShackamaxonUnder Lazer, the Philadelphia Parking Authority went from a patronage den to a civic asset.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Trump’s extended ceasefire shows his desperation to exit his failed Iran war — but he doesn’t know howTrudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump’s extended ceasefire shows his desperation to exit his failed Iran war — but he doesn’t know howTrudy Rubin | Columnist
‘To Philly With Love,’ a new Hallmark movie, wants to be ‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The Notebook’Stephanie Farr | Columnist
‘To Philly With Love,’ a new Hallmark movie, wants to be ‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The Notebook’Stephanie Farr | Columnist
New civil war just dropped … at the Supreme Court | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Can Big AI buy off the Democratic Party?Will Bunch | Columnist
New civil war just dropped … at the Supreme Court | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Can Big AI buy off the Democratic Party?Will Bunch | Columnist
Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’An Ivy League university’s report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American dream of college.Will Bunch | Columnist
Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’An Ivy League university’s report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American dream of college.Will Bunch | Columnist
We still tap MAC and go to concerts at Spaghetti Warehouse. Philly doesn’t accept new names.Our defiance builds community. Don’t like it? Go pound sand up Delaware Avenue. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
We still tap MAC and go to concerts at Spaghetti Warehouse. Philly doesn’t accept new names.Our defiance builds community. Don’t like it? Go pound sand up Delaware Avenue. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Five years ago, Jake Voráček called me a name and ripped my writing. Sean Couturier didn’t let me forget.Flyers captain Sean Couturier answered my question the same way Voracek did on the postgame podium five years ago. Then came that toothless smile.Mike Sielski | Columnist
Five years ago, Jake Voráček called me a name and ripped my writing. Sean Couturier didn’t let me forget.Flyers captain Sean Couturier answered my question the same way Voracek did on the postgame podium five years ago. Then came that toothless smile.Mike Sielski | Columnist
On North Broad, a job placement program offers ‘third, fourth — however many chances’One in three U.S. adults has a criminal record, which limits their access to education, jobs, housing, and other opportunities.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
On North Broad, a job placement program offers ‘third, fourth — however many chances’One in three U.S. adults has a criminal record, which limits their access to education, jobs, housing, and other opportunities.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Unlike Boston and NJ Transit, SEPTA won’t gouge World Cup fans | ShackamaxonPlus: The Philadelphia Housing Authority innovates, how red tape strangles new businesses, and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s floundering fashion.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Unlike Boston and NJ Transit, SEPTA won’t gouge World Cup fans | ShackamaxonPlus: The Philadelphia Housing Authority innovates, how red tape strangles new businesses, and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s floundering fashion.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Ukraine’s ambassador spells out why a Kyiv-Washington partnership is so urgentKyiv can provide vital drone technology in return for Patriot missiles to counter Russian bombardment.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Ukraine’s ambassador spells out why a Kyiv-Washington partnership is so urgentKyiv can provide vital drone technology in return for Patriot missiles to counter Russian bombardment.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
A World Cup in Trump’s America is insane. How this fan is coping.From price gouging to travel bans, the U.S.-centered World Cup is becoming obscene. What should soccer fans do?Will Bunch | Columnist
A World Cup in Trump’s America is insane. How this fan is coping.From price gouging to travel bans, the U.S.-centered World Cup is becoming obscene. What should soccer fans do?Will Bunch | Columnist
Don’t be so quick to write off former VP Kamala Harris in ’28A recent appearance by the onetime Democratic presidential nominee gave me a glimmer of hope and a ray of excitement — emotions I haven’t felt much in a big way since Trump’s inauguration last year.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Don’t be so quick to write off former VP Kamala Harris in ’28A recent appearance by the onetime Democratic presidential nominee gave me a glimmer of hope and a ray of excitement — emotions I haven’t felt much in a big way since Trump’s inauguration last year.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were big losers in Hungary’s election on SundayThe defeat of Viktor Orbán was also a victory for Americans and Europeans who support electoral democracy and the rule of law.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were big losers in Hungary’s election on SundayThe defeat of Viktor Orbán was also a victory for Americans and Europeans who support electoral democracy and the rule of law.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Why the ‘Nazi tattoo guy’ is winning in Maine | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Talk-radio Catholics vote for Trump over their pope.Will Bunch | Columnist
Why the ‘Nazi tattoo guy’ is winning in Maine | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus: Talk-radio Catholics vote for Trump over their pope.Will Bunch | Columnist
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Trump? Not Pope Leo.After being attacked by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV has responded that he will not be silent or stop advocating for peace.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Trump? Not Pope Leo.After being attacked by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV has responded that he will not be silent or stop advocating for peace.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
You could bet (literally!!) that greedy U.S. kleptocrats couldn’t get Iran dealDrunk from war profits on everything from crypto to drones, Trump’s team of kleptocrats has no idea how to end their failed Iran war.Will Bunch | Columnist
You could bet (literally!!) that greedy U.S. kleptocrats couldn’t get Iran dealDrunk from war profits on everything from crypto to drones, Trump’s team of kleptocrats has no idea how to end their failed Iran war.Will Bunch | Columnist
Why I agreed to debate conservative podcaster Steven Crowder — and why it didn’t happenPenn effectively shut down the event. We liberals talk a good game about our commitment to “challenging discussions.” But when a conversation might become truly challenging, we run the other way.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Why I agreed to debate conservative podcaster Steven Crowder — and why it didn’t happenPenn effectively shut down the event. We liberals talk a good game about our commitment to “challenging discussions.” But when a conversation might become truly challenging, we run the other way.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Trump proposes illegal joint venture with Iran to toll ships going through Strait of HormuzThe president’s behavior, vulgarity, threats to allies, and mishandling of the Iran war raise issues of mental competence.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump proposes illegal joint venture with Iran to toll ships going through Strait of HormuzThe president’s behavior, vulgarity, threats to allies, and mishandling of the Iran war raise issues of mental competence.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
