Opinion

Two addiction professionals say state and city legislatures need more information before voting to prohibit — or legalize — safe consumption sites

The country’s poorest big city is nonetheless rich in other ways. Let’s find a mayor willing to combine Philadelphia’s successes with City services.

Stoop (step?) sitting is fundamental to Philly rowhome living. Let’s bring it back, for all of our sakes

The former mayor and governor's endorsement includes advice and a challenge on how to govern Philadelphia

There are two ways to teach an ideologically divided classroom: Ignore them; or engage them. Could this be a lesson for political discourse outside school too?

Community College teachers are opening minds and changing lives. It's time, a former Temple professor urges, we treated them with the respect they deserve

Cities around the country are using cameras and data analysis to solve and prevent crimes. Is there a candidate, a local resident wonders, who will do the same in Philly?

A recent Citizen piece called for a new way to put judges in our courtrooms. That, a local elections lawyer says, might just make things worse

Gaps in child care mean $6.65 billion in lost revenue. A western PA chamber of commerce head on why the state needs to step in

A former Philadelphian remembers the lessons learned from his most important friend, a popular Germantown radio personality, a year after his untimely death