Opinion

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?

A former City Council staffer on how political change requires voters to stop the hypocrisy in our politics

… They need more choice. A free market think tank leader urges Governor Shapiro to opt-in to a new federal tax credit program

Technology infrastructure inside prisons is Philadelphia's best workforce and safety investment, say two workforce and education leaders

As smaller private schools struggle, community colleges fuel growth in higher ed. Let’s support them, says a local education leader

Philadelphia companies have outwardly embraced putting returning citizens to work. That’s great, says a decades-long fair-chance employer — provided those employers do some work themselves

A CHOP pediatric trauma surgeon asks: What if we confronted the number one cause of death among children the same way we dealt with motor vehicle safety?

The esteemed Ivy self-evaluated and committed to reform. A longtime university president urges local colleges and universities to do the same, by transforming attacks into inflection points

The semiquincentennial can’t just be about celebrating the past. As the Constitution Center’s interim CEO and president notes, it’s also about rebuilding Americans’ collective sense of our own democracy

Nonprofits provide many of the services that keep Philadelphians fed, educated and safe. A local leader urges the city to take better care of those who care for us