Guest Commentary: 50 Completely True Things About Israel and Palestine

In the wake of Citizen stories about the encampments at Penn, several readers forwarded a Palestinian-American’s Medium post about simple truths we would all be wise to remember

By Mo Husseini

Everyone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza

During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus

By Elaine Maimon

Commemorating October 7 in Philadelphia

Join Philly organizations using prayer, art and light to memorialize the lives lost, harmed and disappeared on the first anniversary of an infamous day in Israel

By Lauren McCutcheon

Wanted — A New Way to Moderate a Presidential Debate

A former Philadelphia mayor once again beseeches next week’s moderators — ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis — to ask questions that test basic knowledge … and fact-check!

By Michael A. Nutter

Public Speaking Can Win (or Lose) the Presidency

The ability to deliver a message effectively could determine our next POTUS — and is a skill, a long-time university president argues, that all students should learn

By Elaine Maimon

Guest Commentary: Are Voters Ready for a “Politics of Joy?”

Is Kamala Harris's presidential campaign more 1980 or 1968? That depends

By Kevin Sunday

LISTEN: Note to Self — There Are Still Hostages

Activist Liz Hirsh Naftali was in Philly this week to speak at a screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s October 7 documentary Screams Before Silence. Her gripping family story and her fight to keep the hostages front of mind reminds us that human rights transcend politics

By Larry Platt

Ideas We Should Steal: Cool Down Creatively

Rio, Seville, Singapore and Munich have all implemented common-sense to high-tech ways to handle the hotter days ahead

By Valeria Morales-Soto