ColumnistsNobody 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 AraujoWill Bunch | Columnist Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseJonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceTrudy Rubin | Columnist Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterWill Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementI 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 Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.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 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 See more storiesAdvertisement
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
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceTrudy Rubin | Columnist
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceTrudy Rubin | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterWill Bunch | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterWill 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
Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.Will Bunch | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.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
