ColumnistsSEPTA’s new plan paints a brighter transit future | ShackamaxonPlus, at least some bipartisanship is alive and well in the Keystone State.Daniel Pearson | Columnist The micro Museum of the Philadelphian celebrates Philly’s macro personalityStephanie Farr | Columnist AI and the illusions of college teachingJonathan Zimmerman | Columnist U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is eight months pregnant and facing 17 years in jailJenice Armstrong | Columnist In his U.N. speech, Trump’s gushing self-praise could not disguise his foreign policy failuresTrudy Rubin | Columnist AdvertisementWar, AI, and the end of the world | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, new proof that George W. Bush is not your friend.Will Bunch | Columnist Kyiv has the tech brilliance to force Russia to the table — if Trump would stop backing the KremlinThe president fails to understand that stopping the war means an alliance with Kyiv, not a partnership with Putin, writes Trudy Rubin from Ukraine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Eagles’ silence on their role in the Macklemore mess has become deafeningWhat’s worse about the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran debacle in Philly? The Eagles’ role or the team’s refusal to explain it?Will Bunch | Columnist Will a pedestrian death move Philadelphia police to step up traffic enforcement? | ShackamaxonPlus: An effort to rid the city’s commercial corridors of “smoke shops” and City Council’s return from summer break.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracyFrom Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.Will Bunch | Columnist A judge wouldn’t let Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center. So he closed it.Closing the Kennedy Center is narcissistic even for someone like Trump. His huge ego now stands between Americans and our right to enjoy one of the most beautiful landmarks in Washington, D.C.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist Krasner hasn’t said a word about a growing exoneration controversy — but his own court filing doesThe 47-page filing paints a picture of a district attorney unbowed by the controversy that has roiled his office.Paul Davies | Columnist Next-door states banned ICE-cop deals. Why not Pa.? | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the threat to human civilization that isn’t AI.Will Bunch | Columnist Philly still hasn’t announced its Hispanic Heritage Month events. Where’s the list, Mayor Parker?The city usually blasts out an email with a roll call of Hispanic Heritage Month happenings. This year it hasn’t — and it fits a pattern of Philly’s electeds giving Latino communities little respect.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist Free speech, hypocrisy, and the real ‘Marxist’ problem at our universitiesRemember when right-wingers denounced liberal “snowflakes” on campus? Now everyone is a snowflake — if you don’t like someone’s opinion, just say it threatens your safety.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist On immigration reform, Republicans and Democrats agree more than they realizeMajorities in both parties back border security, worker visas, and a path to legal status — they just don’t know it.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist Trump ally Laura Loomer publicly insulted prominent Black women. Where are the GOP calls for civility?The MAGA influencer zeroed in on Angie Nixon after she won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary and accused her of using Ebonics. Loomer also likened the former grassroots organizer to a dog.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fundWhy does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1 billion in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?Will Bunch | Columnist Meta’s new AI logo looks like an AI version of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s logoWhen Meta's new AI agent, Muse, debuted this week, its logo rang a few bells around Philadelphia. Stephanie Farr | Columnist After 25 years, hers is the 9/11 story I can’t let go of | Paul DaviesJohanna Sigmund, a young woman from the Philadelphia suburbs, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. The friends and family who loved her are still carrying her life forward.Paul Davies | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
SEPTA’s new plan paints a brighter transit future | ShackamaxonPlus, at least some bipartisanship is alive and well in the Keystone State.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
SEPTA’s new plan paints a brighter transit future | ShackamaxonPlus, at least some bipartisanship is alive and well in the Keystone State.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
The micro Museum of the Philadelphian celebrates Philly’s macro personalityStephanie Farr | Columnist
The micro Museum of the Philadelphian celebrates Philly’s macro personalityStephanie Farr | Columnist
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is eight months pregnant and facing 17 years in jailJenice Armstrong | Columnist
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is eight months pregnant and facing 17 years in jailJenice Armstrong | Columnist
In his U.N. speech, Trump’s gushing self-praise could not disguise his foreign policy failuresTrudy Rubin | Columnist
In his U.N. speech, Trump’s gushing self-praise could not disguise his foreign policy failuresTrudy Rubin | Columnist
War, AI, and the end of the world | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, new proof that George W. Bush is not your friend.Will Bunch | Columnist
War, AI, and the end of the world | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, new proof that George W. Bush is not your friend.Will Bunch | Columnist
Kyiv has the tech brilliance to force Russia to the table — if Trump would stop backing the KremlinThe president fails to understand that stopping the war means an alliance with Kyiv, not a partnership with Putin, writes Trudy Rubin from Ukraine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Kyiv has the tech brilliance to force Russia to the table — if Trump would stop backing the KremlinThe president fails to understand that stopping the war means an alliance with Kyiv, not a partnership with Putin, writes Trudy Rubin from Ukraine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Eagles’ silence on their role in the Macklemore mess has become deafeningWhat’s worse about the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran debacle in Philly? The Eagles’ role or the team’s refusal to explain it?Will Bunch | Columnist
Eagles’ silence on their role in the Macklemore mess has become deafeningWhat’s worse about the Macklemore-Ed Sheeran debacle in Philly? The Eagles’ role or the team’s refusal to explain it?Will Bunch | Columnist
Will a pedestrian death move Philadelphia police to step up traffic enforcement? | ShackamaxonPlus: An effort to rid the city’s commercial corridors of “smoke shops” and City Council’s return from summer break.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Will a pedestrian death move Philadelphia police to step up traffic enforcement? | ShackamaxonPlus: An effort to rid the city’s commercial corridors of “smoke shops” and City Council’s return from summer break.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracyFrom Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.Will Bunch | Columnist
Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracyFrom Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.Will Bunch | Columnist
A judge wouldn’t let Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center. So he closed it.Closing the Kennedy Center is narcissistic even for someone like Trump. His huge ego now stands between Americans and our right to enjoy one of the most beautiful landmarks in Washington, D.C.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
A judge wouldn’t let Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center. So he closed it.Closing the Kennedy Center is narcissistic even for someone like Trump. His huge ego now stands between Americans and our right to enjoy one of the most beautiful landmarks in Washington, D.C.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Krasner hasn’t said a word about a growing exoneration controversy — but his own court filing doesThe 47-page filing paints a picture of a district attorney unbowed by the controversy that has roiled his office.Paul Davies | Columnist
Krasner hasn’t said a word about a growing exoneration controversy — but his own court filing doesThe 47-page filing paints a picture of a district attorney unbowed by the controversy that has roiled his office.Paul Davies | Columnist
Next-door states banned ICE-cop deals. Why not Pa.? | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the threat to human civilization that isn’t AI.Will Bunch | Columnist
Next-door states banned ICE-cop deals. Why not Pa.? | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the threat to human civilization that isn’t AI.Will Bunch | Columnist
Philly still hasn’t announced its Hispanic Heritage Month events. Where’s the list, Mayor Parker?The city usually blasts out an email with a roll call of Hispanic Heritage Month happenings. This year it hasn’t — and it fits a pattern of Philly’s electeds giving Latino communities little respect.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Philly still hasn’t announced its Hispanic Heritage Month events. Where’s the list, Mayor Parker?The city usually blasts out an email with a roll call of Hispanic Heritage Month happenings. This year it hasn’t — and it fits a pattern of Philly’s electeds giving Latino communities little respect.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Free speech, hypocrisy, and the real ‘Marxist’ problem at our universitiesRemember when right-wingers denounced liberal “snowflakes” on campus? Now everyone is a snowflake — if you don’t like someone’s opinion, just say it threatens your safety.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Free speech, hypocrisy, and the real ‘Marxist’ problem at our universitiesRemember when right-wingers denounced liberal “snowflakes” on campus? Now everyone is a snowflake — if you don’t like someone’s opinion, just say it threatens your safety.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
On immigration reform, Republicans and Democrats agree more than they realizeMajorities in both parties back border security, worker visas, and a path to legal status — they just don’t know it.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
On immigration reform, Republicans and Democrats agree more than they realizeMajorities in both parties back border security, worker visas, and a path to legal status — they just don’t know it.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Trump ally Laura Loomer publicly insulted prominent Black women. Where are the GOP calls for civility?The MAGA influencer zeroed in on Angie Nixon after she won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary and accused her of using Ebonics. Loomer also likened the former grassroots organizer to a dog.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump ally Laura Loomer publicly insulted prominent Black women. Where are the GOP calls for civility?The MAGA influencer zeroed in on Angie Nixon after she won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary and accused her of using Ebonics. Loomer also likened the former grassroots organizer to a dog.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fundWhy does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1 billion in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?Will Bunch | Columnist
We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fundWhy does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1 billion in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?Will Bunch | Columnist
Meta’s new AI logo looks like an AI version of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s logoWhen Meta's new AI agent, Muse, debuted this week, its logo rang a few bells around Philadelphia. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Meta’s new AI logo looks like an AI version of Mural Arts Philadelphia’s logoWhen Meta's new AI agent, Muse, debuted this week, its logo rang a few bells around Philadelphia. Stephanie Farr | Columnist
After 25 years, hers is the 9/11 story I can’t let go of | Paul DaviesJohanna Sigmund, a young woman from the Philadelphia suburbs, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. The friends and family who loved her are still carrying her life forward.Paul Davies | Columnist
After 25 years, hers is the 9/11 story I can’t let go of | Paul DaviesJohanna Sigmund, a young woman from the Philadelphia suburbs, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. The friends and family who loved her are still carrying her life forward.Paul Davies | Columnist
