Politics

A new bill in the state legislature proposes tougher penalties for package theft — something any Philly resident with a stoop knows about all too well

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says those who reject Biden and his policies are benefiting — and taking credit for — them

Revisiting The Philadelphia Plan — the nation’s first federal affirmative action program and the brainchild of Republicans who argued that it was good for business

Larry Krasner was just one of many DAs funded by the famous investor and philanthropist — all of whom campaigned on less prosecution. A former Chester County DA asks: How’s that been working out?

A former Tom Wolfe staffer on one critical misstep of school choice advocates in the state

A long-time university president recalls the dire consequences to public higher education of an Illinois budget stalemate — and urges legislators to ensure that doesn't happen here

In The Paradox of Debt, out next week, Philadelphia author and public intellectual Richard Vague makes the connection conventional economists avoid: It’s the debt, stupid!

A longtime university president, who has seen innumerable low-income students struggling to pay for their college education, deplores the legal reasoning behind the Court’s blocking of debt relief

A senior fellow from the Commonwealth Foundation looks forward to PA passing Lifeline Scholarships, a new school voucher program aimed at helping students in under-performing public schools

Sure, the Governor’s handling of the I-95 mess has the nation talking. But in countless other ways — including his support of school vouchers — he’s demonstrating a political inside game, too