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Opinion & Essay

Media and protesters crowd around, (from left), Governor Tom Wolf, Representative Bob Brady, and Senator Bob Casey as they speak about their opposition and the developing situation regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration at the Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Members of Congress divided on Trump immigration order

As demonstrators swarmed to airports to protest President Trump’s executive order on refugees and immigrants, our region’s Co ...

9 years ago

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Protesters opposed to Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration march outside of Terminal A at Philadelphia International Airport. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
National Interest

Trump’s destructive incompetence is cause for optimism

The good news is that Donald Trump is already under seige from a nonpartisan citizen backlash — liberals and conservatives, Democr ...

9 years ago

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq
The Philadelphia Experiment

Executive order on immigration diminishes us all

To those who support President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim co ...

9 years ago

President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia
National Interest

Faust in Philly: Republicans forfeit their souls

I assume you’re familiar with Faust, the 16th-century character of German legend who sold his soul and his moral integrity to the D ...

9 years ago

Akeem Davis and Susan Riley Stevens in the InterAct Theatre Company production of 'Marcus/Emma.' (Photo courtesy of Kathryn Raines/Plate 3)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Intellects sparring lustily in ‘Marcus/Emma’

What do you get when you pair America’s most visionary black nationalist with America’s most radical anarchist? If you’ ...

9 years ago

Protesters gather at Thomas Paine Plaza on Thursday afternoon under a steady drizzle. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Health care must be provided communally

Every once in a while, when I write something in defense of the Affordable Care Act, or point out that repealing it will lead 1.1 million ...

9 years ago

Iraqi laborers work in Nihran Bin Omar field north of Basra
National Interest

Illegality and ignorance: Trump’s lust for Iraqi oil

The Trumpster fire is raging on so many fronts that it’s virtually impossible to parse every outburst of dangerous ignorance. But s ...

9 years ago

In the Lantern Theater production of 'Informed Consent
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Informed Consent’ and the power of creation stories

It taxes credibility and has a cheap ending to boot, but we’re going to have to overlook the weak points in Deborah Zoe Laufer̵ ...

9 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump walks through the Crypt at the Capitol in Washington
National Interest

Will the men in the white coats drag Trump away?

Check out the 25th Constitutional Amendment. A vice president, working with a “majority of either the principle officers of the exe ...

9 years ago

A large crane looms over the 1400 block of Chestnut Avenue.
Speak Easy
Urban Planning

The sky isn’t falling — but it sure looks like it could

On the north side of Chestnut, opposite the Prince Theater, construction crews are building two hotels, one of which will rise 52 stories ...

9 years ago

Marchers stand shoulder to shoulder on Independence Avenue during the Women's March on Washington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
National Interest

Saturday was fine, but voting trumps marching

For the millions who flooded the streets on Saturday, the marches were a cathartic opportunity to blow off steam and send a message to Tr ...

9 years ago

The author (left) is shown holding a sign with her partner Elissa Goldberg. (Image courtesy of Anndee Hochman)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

The best way to walk through political adversity is hand in hand

A child’s mitten was propped on the metal post of some outdoor shelving on Germantown Avenue. Bubblegum flag against all that winter gr ...

9 years ago

A woman creates a sign on the Broad Street Line for the Women's March on Philadelphia on the way to City Hall. (Alaina Mabaso for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Don’t dismiss Saturday’s march as ‘thoughtless excitement’ of ‘angry women’

When you step onto a subway train, there are a lot of things you could smell that are worse than Sharpies, so on Saturday morning, I didn ...

9 years ago

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a news conference at the White House
National Interest

The first shot has been fired in the War on Facts

Comrade Kellyannesky (R-Kremlin) has decreed that “alternative facts” equal empirical facts. Excellent. When I ventured outdo ...

9 years ago

A block in the Mantua neighborhood of West Philadelphia is shown. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Philadelphia Experiment

How do we fix Philadelphia’s poverty under President Trump?

In the hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Friday, the battle for America’s soul took shape. President Trump and ...

9 years ago

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