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Opinion & Essay

 Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams (Nathaniel Hamilton for NewsWorks, file)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

Seth Williams’ downfall is a cautionary tale for prosecutors everywhere

Seth Williams, the first African American district attorney in Philadelphia, is down and soon to be out. He provides a cautiona ...

8 years ago

 Faleeha and David are two people who met with the author. They are shown here at Harvest Restaurant in West Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of Akbar Hossain)
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Lifestyle

Uncovering ‘the true America’ in real conversations with a Muslim

Last December, I wrote a commentary condemning hate crimes against Muslims and offering to sit down with anyone who wanted to learn about Islam or meet a Muslim.

8 years ago

 (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
National Interest

Trump’s broken promise threatens to break another promise

Smoke has been billowing skyward from the Trumpster fire for nearly 100 days — I know, it feels more like 100 weeks — and his refusal ...

8 years ago

 Ken Weinstein owns the Trolley Car Diner in Mt. Airy. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Money

Raising the minimum wage is good for small businesses

Last week, NewsWorks published an article about a recent report from the Independent Fiscal Office which suggested that the positive impa ...

8 years ago

 Demonstrators participate in a march and rally to demand President Donald Trump release his tax returns, Saturday, April 15, 2017, in New York. Protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities nationwide Saturday to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, saying Americans deserve to know about his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
National Interest

Seven reasons why Trump’s weekend tweets were inane

We’re routinely peppered with twisted missives from our Commander-in-Tweet, and this weekend was no different. But it’s worth ...

8 years ago

 A Colorado man shows his concealed gun license. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Federal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country

I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...

8 years ago

People walk in view of the city skyline in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Experiment

If blacks don’t vote in the District Attorney’s race, we have no one to blame but ourselves

Sometimes I feel as if freedom is slowly slipping away from African Americans. Not because someone is violently attempting to take ...

8 years ago

 Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, gives his famous V-sign, as he drives through cheering inhabitants of the town of Metz, in France, on July 14, 1946. (AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

The decline of political wit, and the death of the stylish insult

This July will mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen — so this year is surely a fitting time to reflect on a subject b ...

8 years ago

 Eight candidates for Philadelphia district attorney are shown at a candidate debate on March 23 (clockwise from top left) Michael Untermeyer, Teresa Carr Deni, Rich Negrin, Joe Khan, Beth Grossman, Larry Krasner, Tariq El-Shabazz, and Jack O'Neill, met for a debate at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

Philly’s next district attorney should fight poverty, not just crime

With the Philadelphia district attorney’s race heating up, many candidates are promising to make significant reforms to the o ...

8 years ago

The New York City skyline gives backdrop to a United Airlines airplane taxing at Newark Liberty International Airport, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
National Interest

The downside of deregulation: Turbulence on Air Oligarchy

“Sit back, relax, and enjoy your flight.” Yeah sure. As if. We’ve all heard that crock so many times that ...

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

It’s time to get rid of the two-party system

Now is the time for us to consider scrapping the two-party system of government. Now is about the best time to reflect on how o ...

8 years ago

 Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks about the Trump Administration's budget proposal during daily press briefing at the White House, Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
National Interest

Henry David Thoreau would hate Trump’s budget

You’ve probably heard the hideous news about Trump’s budget, which basically aspires to blow up the federal debt, big league ...

8 years ago

 (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, file)
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Money

Gov. Wolf’s minimum wage plans run into economic reality

Gov. Tom Wolf’s rose-colored minimum wage plans have run into green-eyeshade economic reality. A new ...

8 years ago

 (From left) White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, April 10, 2017, in Washington. French Far-right leader presidential candidate Marine Le Pen gestures as she speaks during a rally in La Trinite-Porhoet, western France, Thursday March 30, 2017. (Andrew Harnik and  David Vincent/ AP Photos)
National Interest

The worst Holocaust offender is NOT Sean Spicer

This Passover season has bestirred the contemptible clowns. And Sean Spicer isn’t even the worst of them. Granted, TrumpR ...

8 years ago

 This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows an image captured on April 7 of the Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Porter (DDG 78). The United States blasted the air base with a barrage of cruise missiles on Friday, April 7, 2017 in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (DigitalGlobe via AP)
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Politics & Policy

Trump needs a coherent policy on Syria at home and abroad

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump appealed to America’s worst tendencies of isolationism with his “America First̶ ...

8 years ago

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