Opinion
Who Should Be Penn’s Next President?
A long-time university president on what Philadelphia’s Ivy League university — and our city — need from a new leader
By Elaine Maimon
On Opioids and Climate Change
An environmental researcher on why we must consider a dual challenge facing Philadelphians in need if we want to fix the addiction crisis
By Andrea McIntosh
Philly Black Entrepreneurs, Bet on Growth
Two eminent African American business leaders on positioning Black-owned Philadelphia businesses for greater success
By Damien Ghee and Regina Hairston
Arts Define Philly. So Let’s Fund Them
Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector delivers. Public investment should reflect it.
By Patricia Wilson Aden
Recapturing America’s 9/11 Unity
Twenty-five years later, a former U.S. rep and Army vet believes Americans’ courage and solidarity of those days still have lessons to teach, if we’re willing
By Patrick J. Murphy
Plan Now … for 2076
A Philadelphia City Councilmember on why it’s not too early for the city to start getting ready for our tricentennial
By Isaiah Thomas
Missing the Gentleness of Dinosaurs
A longtime Philadelphia teacher on what we lose when the Academy of Natural Sciences closes its public museum
By Allaire Wohlgemuth
Police Are Not the Solution to the Problems at Devil’s Pool
The beloved (and illicit) Fairmount Park swimming hole needs help. Just not the law enforcement kind
By Kyle Bagenstose
App or Nothing
After a close call while walking across a Philly street, an urbanist says we grown-ups need to ditch the screen-based, plugged-in multitasking too
By Diana Lind
A Reading List for Larry Krasner
Our Trump-like DA indicted himself last week in the court of public opinion by coming up short on public virtue. Here, an offer to help
By Larry Platt