Time for a Higher Ed Revolution in Philadelphia

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?

By Elaine Maimon
Guest Commentary

Philadelphia, Park City

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

By Tony Sorrentino
Guest Commentary

What If We — Not Billionaires — Controlled Our Election Funding?

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

By Rabbi Michael Pollack

Why LeBron James Chose the Sixers

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.

By Patrick J. Murphy
Guest Commentary

We Don’t Lack Compassion. We Lack Connection.

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

By Ted Hewson
Guest Commentary

What Gen Z actually wants from work and from Philadelphia

A local Gen Zer weighs on where they get their rep — and why they really do want to be in an office and maybe even go out for happy hour

By Lauren J. Smith
Guest Commentary

Philly’s Public Pools Offer More Than Just A Cool Dip …

… They are, a local citizen argues, models of democracy

By Danny Maloney
Guest Commentary

Want Your Voting Rights?

Then, several voting advocates argue, you have to use them — and tell others to do the same

By Clarissa Unger, Jen Domagal-Goldman, Lauren Kunis, and Rebekah Caruthers
Guest Commentary

All Hail Philly’s Superpower

We just proved we do hospitality better than anyone. Now, the head of the PHL250 says, let’s make it our legacy

By Kathryn Ott Lovell

The Odyssey is For All of Us

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film is based on Penn Professor Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s epic. A long-time university president urges everyone to see, read or listen to the story — and support humanities education

By Elaine Maimon