Lose “DEI.” Keep Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

A longtime university president mourns the attack on ideas that are important to democracy

By Elaine Maimon

The Fighter

How the lawyer who took on the likes of Bill Cosby and R. Kelly has become a statewide champion for sexual assault survivors

By Courtney DuChene

We Resolve for 2025 …

As the New Year approaches, Philadelphians we’ve honored share their inspiring plans for the coming year. These are resolutions you can count on

By Lauren McCutcheon
Guest Commentary

“Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?”

A local gender justice advocate beseeches President Biden to instruct the national archivist to publish and certify the already ratified 28th Amendment — aka the ERA

By Molly Gonzales
Guest Commentary

The Abortion Divide Isn’t as Deep as We Think

Voters across the political spectrum prove what a Philly reproductive psychologist knows to be true: Americans believe access to abortion is an important right.

By Alexis Zollo

Moments Philadelphia Made Us Proud in 2024

Look at you, Philly! You got through the year — and it wasn’t all bad. In fact, some of it was downright … spectacular. Let’s review.

By Malcolm Burnley, Lauren McCutcheon, and Courtney DuChene

Life in Poverty, Punctuated by Gun Violence

Philadelphia’s status as the nation’s poorest big city is a major cause of its gunfire.

By Mensah M. Dean

The Intergenerational Fallout of Gun Violence

Gunfire in Philadelphia has taken grandfathers, brothers, cousins, and children. The losses reflect what’s at the root of America’s shooting epidemic

By Mensah M. Dean

A Fitting Rebuke to Rizzo?

A monument to civil rights icon Sadie Alexander, planned for where Mayor Frank Rizzo’s used to stand, would be only the third statue of a real-life Black Philadelphian on public view

By Malcolm Burnley
Guest Commentary

“Rescue” Food. Feed People.

A citywide pilot used nearly 3,000 meals headed to the landfill to feed over 700 needy families in Philadelphia. A sustainable business leader and City Councilperson want to make it permanent

By Devi Ramkissoon and Jamie Gauthier