Opinion

Prepping for a vacation out West was different this summer. Before we get used to the new environmental normal, do something

The city’s scandal-ridden Sheriff proves again that she can survive any controversy. But is she really who we want to hold up as a hero?

As a local business leader notes, it’s not just a subset of Dems who advocate for — and benefit from — policies commonly associated with socialist societies

We call our animals our children. Then why, asks a former pet insurance professional, don’t we plan ahead for their medical care?

August marks the 130th anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s seminal research on Black Philadelphians. It’s a chance to ask — and answer — hard questions about Philly today

A long-time university president calls for a constitutional convention on higher education in the city known for revolutions. Penn, et al, are you listening?

Some of Philly’s parks are older than the Constitution. Now, Fairmount Park Conservancy’s CEO says, let’s use them to make us the civic and cultural capital of the nation

A local political activist has an idea we should steal to bring power back to the people

A former congressman on what it means that the billionaire basketball legend took a massive pay cut for the chance to bring an NBA championship back to one of the league’s most storied franchises after 43 years.

When a city is in crisis, the instinct is to pull inward. That instinct, a local connector says, is the problem.