ColumnistsAnother Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: not what, yet better than, I expectedWill Bunch | Columnist Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlStephanie Farr | Columnist Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaJenice Armstrong | Columnist DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.Will Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementI’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist In a dark 2026, a Summer of Love breaks out | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, why is Washington, D.C. still occupied by troops?Will Bunch | Columnist Failure of Iran war reveals Trump’s inability to deal with America’s security needsThe president's ego-based foreign policy is making the U.S. more vulnerable to our enemies at home and overseas.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Shining the spotlight on America’s Black Revolutionary Era icons | ShackamaxonPlus: The push to legalize accessory dwelling units and the fate of so-called skill games.Daniel Pearson | Columnist The Minneapolis 15 indictments are meant to shut you upAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.Will Bunch | Columnist Trump’s bloated claims about his Iran deal can’t hide his failureThe memorandum signed with Tehran kicks nuclear negotiations down the road and leaves Iran empowered over the Strait of Hormuz.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Platner, Fetterman, and the myth of the working-class politicianA recent feud between Graham Platner and John Fetterman underscores the political differences between the two men. But Jonathan Zimmerman writes that they have one important thing in common.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist JD Vance can never become president | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, how the 14th Amendment saved U.S. men’s soccer.Will Bunch | Columnist As a Black voter, Graham Platner’s ethics don’t bother me — my people can’t afford to wait for a perfect candidateA series of recent disclosures exposed the dark side of the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine. But they were not enough to cost him in the primary election — and that’s a good thing.Solomon Jones | Columnist Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire. What are we even doing?Musk’s climb to obscene, undeserved wealth while wrecking a civil society is the essence of our broken century.Will Bunch | Columnist Why we should listen to Robert Coles — and to each otherThe influential psychologist spent his life listening to children and their parents, particularly during moments of trauma or crisis. And he urged the rest of us to listen, too.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Trump could be a winner on Ukraine if he recognized Kyiv’s stunning turnaround of the warUkraine’s drone war has put Russia on the back foot, but Kyiv needs U.S. interceptors to stop Putin’s ballistic missile attacks.Trudy Rubin | Columnist The new Bruce Springsteen museum is a giant scrapbook that validates New Jersey’s role as a music incubatorIt’s the latest pilgrimage site on New Jersey’s rock-and-roll trail. Inga Saffron | Columnist Five hours at Philly’s FIFA Fan Festival in the sweltering heatOn the opening day of the 39-day festival, I walked to and from it to bring this minute-by-minute report of what I saw and experienced to you. Stephanie Farr | Columnist ‘The dinosaur’ stumbles as Philly’s Dem machine loses ground in ward elections | ShackamaxonPlus: Did the city overpay for the former Inquirer building? And what happened to those school district job cuts?Daniel Pearson | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: not what, yet better than, I expectedWill Bunch | Columnist
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: not what, yet better than, I expectedWill Bunch | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.Will Bunch | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.Will Bunch | Columnist
I’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
I’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
In a dark 2026, a Summer of Love breaks out | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, why is Washington, D.C. still occupied by troops?Will Bunch | Columnist
In a dark 2026, a Summer of Love breaks out | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, why is Washington, D.C. still occupied by troops?Will Bunch | Columnist
Failure of Iran war reveals Trump’s inability to deal with America’s security needsThe president's ego-based foreign policy is making the U.S. more vulnerable to our enemies at home and overseas.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Failure of Iran war reveals Trump’s inability to deal with America’s security needsThe president's ego-based foreign policy is making the U.S. more vulnerable to our enemies at home and overseas.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Shining the spotlight on America’s Black Revolutionary Era icons | ShackamaxonPlus: The push to legalize accessory dwelling units and the fate of so-called skill games.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Shining the spotlight on America’s Black Revolutionary Era icons | ShackamaxonPlus: The push to legalize accessory dwelling units and the fate of so-called skill games.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
The Minneapolis 15 indictments are meant to shut you upAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.Will Bunch | Columnist
The Minneapolis 15 indictments are meant to shut you upAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.Will Bunch | Columnist
Trump’s bloated claims about his Iran deal can’t hide his failureThe memorandum signed with Tehran kicks nuclear negotiations down the road and leaves Iran empowered over the Strait of Hormuz.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump’s bloated claims about his Iran deal can’t hide his failureThe memorandum signed with Tehran kicks nuclear negotiations down the road and leaves Iran empowered over the Strait of Hormuz.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Platner, Fetterman, and the myth of the working-class politicianA recent feud between Graham Platner and John Fetterman underscores the political differences between the two men. But Jonathan Zimmerman writes that they have one important thing in common.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Platner, Fetterman, and the myth of the working-class politicianA recent feud between Graham Platner and John Fetterman underscores the political differences between the two men. But Jonathan Zimmerman writes that they have one important thing in common.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
JD Vance can never become president | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, how the 14th Amendment saved U.S. men’s soccer.Will Bunch | Columnist
JD Vance can never become president | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, how the 14th Amendment saved U.S. men’s soccer.Will Bunch | Columnist
As a Black voter, Graham Platner’s ethics don’t bother me — my people can’t afford to wait for a perfect candidateA series of recent disclosures exposed the dark side of the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine. But they were not enough to cost him in the primary election — and that’s a good thing.Solomon Jones | Columnist
As a Black voter, Graham Platner’s ethics don’t bother me — my people can’t afford to wait for a perfect candidateA series of recent disclosures exposed the dark side of the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine. But they were not enough to cost him in the primary election — and that’s a good thing.Solomon Jones | Columnist
Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire. What are we even doing?Musk’s climb to obscene, undeserved wealth while wrecking a civil society is the essence of our broken century.Will Bunch | Columnist
Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire. What are we even doing?Musk’s climb to obscene, undeserved wealth while wrecking a civil society is the essence of our broken century.Will Bunch | Columnist
Why we should listen to Robert Coles — and to each otherThe influential psychologist spent his life listening to children and their parents, particularly during moments of trauma or crisis. And he urged the rest of us to listen, too.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Why we should listen to Robert Coles — and to each otherThe influential psychologist spent his life listening to children and their parents, particularly during moments of trauma or crisis. And he urged the rest of us to listen, too.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Trump could be a winner on Ukraine if he recognized Kyiv’s stunning turnaround of the warUkraine’s drone war has put Russia on the back foot, but Kyiv needs U.S. interceptors to stop Putin’s ballistic missile attacks.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump could be a winner on Ukraine if he recognized Kyiv’s stunning turnaround of the warUkraine’s drone war has put Russia on the back foot, but Kyiv needs U.S. interceptors to stop Putin’s ballistic missile attacks.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The new Bruce Springsteen museum is a giant scrapbook that validates New Jersey’s role as a music incubatorIt’s the latest pilgrimage site on New Jersey’s rock-and-roll trail. Inga Saffron | Columnist
The new Bruce Springsteen museum is a giant scrapbook that validates New Jersey’s role as a music incubatorIt’s the latest pilgrimage site on New Jersey’s rock-and-roll trail. Inga Saffron | Columnist
Five hours at Philly’s FIFA Fan Festival in the sweltering heatOn the opening day of the 39-day festival, I walked to and from it to bring this minute-by-minute report of what I saw and experienced to you. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Five hours at Philly’s FIFA Fan Festival in the sweltering heatOn the opening day of the 39-day festival, I walked to and from it to bring this minute-by-minute report of what I saw and experienced to you. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
‘The dinosaur’ stumbles as Philly’s Dem machine loses ground in ward elections | ShackamaxonPlus: Did the city overpay for the former Inquirer building? And what happened to those school district job cuts?Daniel Pearson | Columnist
‘The dinosaur’ stumbles as Philly’s Dem machine loses ground in ward elections | ShackamaxonPlus: Did the city overpay for the former Inquirer building? And what happened to those school district job cuts?Daniel Pearson | Columnist
