Topic: Guest Commentary

Our city’s pay equity paradox: Women who work have more education, and still earn less. An executive on how to fix this

A teacher at a North Philly elementary school offers a reason to hope for our kids — and a pathway to success in public education

Drive-to experiential resorts within two hours of Center City are quietly becoming a local economic engine. Philadelphia's civic leadership should treat them like one

A future pulmonologist sees the confluence of the country’s 250th and extreme heat wave in Philadelphia as a sign we need to reverse course on climate change

Philly’s done right by democracy’s history this year, but its future will be written by engaged citizens between now and Election Day … and after, too

A State Senator from Northeast Philly argues Pennsylvania should fund tax credits to independent and faith-based schools

The chair of the Bar Association Board served on a jury for the first time. Here’s why he’s glad he did

A Point Breeze resident responds to her neighbor’s dismay over the historic reuse of their local church. The city’s zoning law? She says it works

A former City Councilmember lost his Committeeperson race in May the same way New York incumbernts lost their congressional races this week: By being outworked

In Philadelphia, school closures are not the real debate, says the head of an educational nonprofit. It’s what educators plan to do inside those schools that matters