Now What?OpinionAs we contemplate the end of the pandemic, here’s what we should keepFrom working from home to voting by mail to dining by the light of a street lamp, the pandemic has reshaped our worlds in ways that are not all bad. We could even end up learning to love Zoom.Inga Saffron | Columnist OpinionDon’t count out office buildings yet. Philly developers push ahead with new, pandemic-resistant designs.Inga Saffron | Columnist The aftermath for a society preoccupied with COVID-19 death: Post-traumatic stress, or growth?Alfred Lubrano Booze, weed, gambling, porn, candy, sloth: Will our pandemic-acquired vices hang around after COVID-19 wanes?Dan DeLuca Our aspirations haven’t changed, but COVID-19 has made us redefine how we get there Elizabeth Wellington AdvertisementOpinionPhilly didn’t become America’s poorest big city by chance. Here’s how we fix it. | Inga SaffronAlmost every major problem Philadelphia faces, from gun violence to the opioid epidemic, has its roots in poverty. The only way out of that cycle is to create more good-paying jobs.Inga Saffron | Columnist Philadelphia’s traffic congestion was bad before the pandemic. It could get worse. “We as Philadelphians should be considering ourselves in control of this to some extent.”Patricia Madej The pandemic is crushing Philly moms: ‘It’s a puzzle where the pieces don’t fit’A month into this unprecedented school year, mothers in wildly different positions all seem to agree on one thing: It’s pushing them to the brink.Samantha Melamed Pandemic precautions will be with us for a while. Here’s what the next 6 months will be like, according to Philly COVID-19 experts.With more than a half-year of COVID-19 behind us, we look ahead. From treatments to vaccines, racial disparities to protective gear, immunity to nursing, here are trends to look for.Tom Avril, Marie McCullough, Aubrey Whelan, and Jason Laughlin Having fun after COVID-19: Will the good times roll back, or stumble?In clubs, at concerts, and at sporting events, some of us are going to party like it's the 1920s. But maybe not in one fell swoop.Dan DeLuca OpinionShut down by the coronavirus, Philadelphia’s convention center prepares to reopenThe convention-industrial complex is desperately looking for ways to reopen big meeting venues.Inga Saffron | Columnist OpinionThe impact of COVID-19 on our future vanity? Well-being will trump how we look.“These choices will be based on what we want to do, not what others want us to do.”Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist What’s the fate of hugs, handshakes, and high-fives in a post-pandemic world?“I think it’s going to be like a high-school dance. Everyone is nervous about getting on the dance floor."Stephanie Farr We’ll still share dessert, and all the other ways we won’t change our restaurant behavior after COVID-19Some of our pre-pandemic dining patterns may seem cringeworthy now, but in the distant future, will the memory of COVID-19 change our ways?Jenn Ladd Could COVID-19 inspire the faithful? Scholars predict spirituality surge in our future.Being forced to reckon with death on a massive scale compels Americans to wonder why they’re here, what purpose their lives hold.Alfred Lubrano What will sex, dating, and marriage look like on the other side of the pandemic?Experts say lasting impacts could include dramatic shifts in what American households look like and in how they function day to day.Samantha Melamed 11 Philadelphians on what the coronavirus has taught them about letting goThe time for personal change is now. And we are making them. Some changes are incremental. Some are big. But the bottom line is we are are learning to let go of the things that don’t serve us.Elizabeth Wellington OpinionCoronavirus intensifies the city vs. suburbs debate in Philly | Inga SaffronWhile the pandemic has circumscribed our lives in many ways, it has also opened up new possibilities for new living situations. What does that mean for cities?Inga Saffron | Columnist Coronavirus telework is creating opportunities to expand the workforceWorkplace analysts predict not many people are going to want to return to the office after the pandemic.Katie Park Employers balance a tricky equation as they decide when to bring workers back to the officeAs coronavirus cases surge across the U.S. again, employers are considering how and when to bring employees back to the office.Katie Park and Jacob Adelman See more storiesAdvertisement
OpinionAs we contemplate the end of the pandemic, here’s what we should keepFrom working from home to voting by mail to dining by the light of a street lamp, the pandemic has reshaped our worlds in ways that are not all bad. We could even end up learning to love Zoom.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionAs we contemplate the end of the pandemic, here’s what we should keepFrom working from home to voting by mail to dining by the light of a street lamp, the pandemic has reshaped our worlds in ways that are not all bad. We could even end up learning to love Zoom.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionDon’t count out office buildings yet. Philly developers push ahead with new, pandemic-resistant designs.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionDon’t count out office buildings yet. Philly developers push ahead with new, pandemic-resistant designs.Inga Saffron | Columnist
The aftermath for a society preoccupied with COVID-19 death: Post-traumatic stress, or growth?Alfred Lubrano
The aftermath for a society preoccupied with COVID-19 death: Post-traumatic stress, or growth?Alfred Lubrano
Booze, weed, gambling, porn, candy, sloth: Will our pandemic-acquired vices hang around after COVID-19 wanes?Dan DeLuca
Booze, weed, gambling, porn, candy, sloth: Will our pandemic-acquired vices hang around after COVID-19 wanes?Dan DeLuca
Our aspirations haven’t changed, but COVID-19 has made us redefine how we get there Elizabeth Wellington
Our aspirations haven’t changed, but COVID-19 has made us redefine how we get there Elizabeth Wellington
OpinionPhilly didn’t become America’s poorest big city by chance. Here’s how we fix it. | Inga SaffronAlmost every major problem Philadelphia faces, from gun violence to the opioid epidemic, has its roots in poverty. The only way out of that cycle is to create more good-paying jobs.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionPhilly didn’t become America’s poorest big city by chance. Here’s how we fix it. | Inga SaffronAlmost every major problem Philadelphia faces, from gun violence to the opioid epidemic, has its roots in poverty. The only way out of that cycle is to create more good-paying jobs.Inga Saffron | Columnist
Philadelphia’s traffic congestion was bad before the pandemic. It could get worse. “We as Philadelphians should be considering ourselves in control of this to some extent.”Patricia Madej
Philadelphia’s traffic congestion was bad before the pandemic. It could get worse. “We as Philadelphians should be considering ourselves in control of this to some extent.”Patricia Madej
The pandemic is crushing Philly moms: ‘It’s a puzzle where the pieces don’t fit’A month into this unprecedented school year, mothers in wildly different positions all seem to agree on one thing: It’s pushing them to the brink.Samantha Melamed
The pandemic is crushing Philly moms: ‘It’s a puzzle where the pieces don’t fit’A month into this unprecedented school year, mothers in wildly different positions all seem to agree on one thing: It’s pushing them to the brink.Samantha Melamed
Pandemic precautions will be with us for a while. Here’s what the next 6 months will be like, according to Philly COVID-19 experts.With more than a half-year of COVID-19 behind us, we look ahead. From treatments to vaccines, racial disparities to protective gear, immunity to nursing, here are trends to look for.Tom Avril, Marie McCullough, Aubrey Whelan, and Jason Laughlin
Pandemic precautions will be with us for a while. Here’s what the next 6 months will be like, according to Philly COVID-19 experts.With more than a half-year of COVID-19 behind us, we look ahead. From treatments to vaccines, racial disparities to protective gear, immunity to nursing, here are trends to look for.Tom Avril, Marie McCullough, Aubrey Whelan, and Jason Laughlin
Having fun after COVID-19: Will the good times roll back, or stumble?In clubs, at concerts, and at sporting events, some of us are going to party like it's the 1920s. But maybe not in one fell swoop.Dan DeLuca
Having fun after COVID-19: Will the good times roll back, or stumble?In clubs, at concerts, and at sporting events, some of us are going to party like it's the 1920s. But maybe not in one fell swoop.Dan DeLuca
OpinionShut down by the coronavirus, Philadelphia’s convention center prepares to reopenThe convention-industrial complex is desperately looking for ways to reopen big meeting venues.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionShut down by the coronavirus, Philadelphia’s convention center prepares to reopenThe convention-industrial complex is desperately looking for ways to reopen big meeting venues.Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionThe impact of COVID-19 on our future vanity? Well-being will trump how we look.“These choices will be based on what we want to do, not what others want us to do.”Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
OpinionThe impact of COVID-19 on our future vanity? Well-being will trump how we look.“These choices will be based on what we want to do, not what others want us to do.”Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist
What’s the fate of hugs, handshakes, and high-fives in a post-pandemic world?“I think it’s going to be like a high-school dance. Everyone is nervous about getting on the dance floor."Stephanie Farr
What’s the fate of hugs, handshakes, and high-fives in a post-pandemic world?“I think it’s going to be like a high-school dance. Everyone is nervous about getting on the dance floor."Stephanie Farr
We’ll still share dessert, and all the other ways we won’t change our restaurant behavior after COVID-19Some of our pre-pandemic dining patterns may seem cringeworthy now, but in the distant future, will the memory of COVID-19 change our ways?Jenn Ladd
We’ll still share dessert, and all the other ways we won’t change our restaurant behavior after COVID-19Some of our pre-pandemic dining patterns may seem cringeworthy now, but in the distant future, will the memory of COVID-19 change our ways?Jenn Ladd
Could COVID-19 inspire the faithful? Scholars predict spirituality surge in our future.Being forced to reckon with death on a massive scale compels Americans to wonder why they’re here, what purpose their lives hold.Alfred Lubrano
Could COVID-19 inspire the faithful? Scholars predict spirituality surge in our future.Being forced to reckon with death on a massive scale compels Americans to wonder why they’re here, what purpose their lives hold.Alfred Lubrano
What will sex, dating, and marriage look like on the other side of the pandemic?Experts say lasting impacts could include dramatic shifts in what American households look like and in how they function day to day.Samantha Melamed
What will sex, dating, and marriage look like on the other side of the pandemic?Experts say lasting impacts could include dramatic shifts in what American households look like and in how they function day to day.Samantha Melamed
11 Philadelphians on what the coronavirus has taught them about letting goThe time for personal change is now. And we are making them. Some changes are incremental. Some are big. But the bottom line is we are are learning to let go of the things that don’t serve us.Elizabeth Wellington
11 Philadelphians on what the coronavirus has taught them about letting goThe time for personal change is now. And we are making them. Some changes are incremental. Some are big. But the bottom line is we are are learning to let go of the things that don’t serve us.Elizabeth Wellington
OpinionCoronavirus intensifies the city vs. suburbs debate in Philly | Inga SaffronWhile the pandemic has circumscribed our lives in many ways, it has also opened up new possibilities for new living situations. What does that mean for cities?Inga Saffron | Columnist
OpinionCoronavirus intensifies the city vs. suburbs debate in Philly | Inga SaffronWhile the pandemic has circumscribed our lives in many ways, it has also opened up new possibilities for new living situations. What does that mean for cities?Inga Saffron | Columnist
Coronavirus telework is creating opportunities to expand the workforceWorkplace analysts predict not many people are going to want to return to the office after the pandemic.Katie Park
Coronavirus telework is creating opportunities to expand the workforceWorkplace analysts predict not many people are going to want to return to the office after the pandemic.Katie Park
Employers balance a tricky equation as they decide when to bring workers back to the officeAs coronavirus cases surge across the U.S. again, employers are considering how and when to bring employees back to the office.Katie Park and Jacob Adelman
Employers balance a tricky equation as they decide when to bring workers back to the officeAs coronavirus cases surge across the U.S. again, employers are considering how and when to bring employees back to the office.Katie Park and Jacob Adelman
