Opinion
You Can Prevent the Next E-Scooter Tragedy
Electric bikes and scooters are sending more kids to the ER. A local med student urges Pennsylvania to legislate a potential solution
By Tiffany A. Jackson
What Our Love of Miranda Priestly Says About the World of Work
A Philadelphia employment lawyer weighs in on The Devil Wears Prada 2's fashion magazine editor. Could it be we relate to the domineering, anti-P.C. workaholic-in-charge?
By Jonathan A. Segal
Give Charter Schools The Respect They Deserve
Mastery’s CEO urges the School Board to develop standards — and follow them — before making any new charter decisions on May 14
By Joel D. Boyd
Our Children Are Worth It, Even if Billionaires Disagree
The leader of a PA child advocacy group urges City Council to pass a rideshare tax to help fund schools
By Donna Cooper
Philadelphia Can Move Beyond Gas. Here’s How.
The City's goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 can be reached with PGW's help
By Alex Bomstein
Welcome To Pander-Delphia
Local debates around Gaza, school closings, and ICE all raise the same question: Does anyone care about actual governing, or has Philly fully entered the age of the political grandstand?
By Larry Platt
Ala Stanford and the Barbie Double Standard
A former City Council staffer on how political change requires voters to stop the hypocrisy in our politics
By Eryn Santamoor
Philly Schools Don’t Need More Money …
… They need more choice. A free market think tank leader urges Governor Shapiro to opt-in to a new federal tax credit program
By Nathan Benefield
Modernize the Prison to Work Pipeline
Technology infrastructure inside prisons is Philadelphia's best workforce and safety investment, say two workforce and education leaders
By Jane Oates and David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez
College Life on the Decline? Not Here.
As smaller private schools struggle, community colleges fuel growth in higher ed. Let’s support them, says a local education leader
By Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez