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Philadelphia’s protestors must embrace a diversity of causes, including environmental justice

As a public health advocate, it can be difficult to situate environmental issues in the larger progressive struggle. Today’s activists ...

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Dissing the judiciary: Guess who doesn’t grasp the separation of powers

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Today it is Muslims. Tomorrow it could be you.

I’ve watched with mounting concern as religious freedom has been challenged at the highest levels of American government. At the ...

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Men walk amid the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike on the outskirts of Sanaa
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Review: Simply ‘Having Our Say’

When the Delany sisters speak, you listen. You have to. Between them, they have more than two centuries of recollections and wisdom. So i ...

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Perri Gafney (left) as Sadie Delany and Cherene Snow as Bessie Delany in Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of 'Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Simply ‘Having Our Say’

When the Delany sisters speak, you listen. You have to. Between them, they have more than two centuries of recollections and wisdom. So i ...

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President Donald Trump is shown speaking on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Jan. 28
National Interest

The Madness of King Don

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9 years ago

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Why I traded New York for Philly

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 President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Judge Neil Gorsuch during a re-enactment in the Rose Garden of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, April 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

Goodbye Garland, hello Gorsuch: The power play that paid off

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 Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams (Nathaniel Hamilton for Newsworks, file)
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9 years ago

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