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National Interest

Yo, Democrats: Stop running from Obamacare

  Nobody knows who first said “the best defense is a good offense” – perhaps Sun Tzu, or Machiavelli, or Vi ...

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 First lady Michelle Obama  on Thursday joined juniors and seniors from Chicago public high schools on the first day of their four-day visit to Howard University, as part of a program to immerse talented high school students in a college campus environment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Michelle Obama and the truth about school segregation

It’s odd that anyone from Topeka, Kan. would balk at having Michelle Obama speak at a high-school graduation. It was Topeka, after ...

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April 21-25: Environmental Thinking from Roots to Revolution | Urban sustainability | Land Bank Teach-In | The Woodlands tour | On greenwashing | Gentrification debate

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City Science: Philadelphia Science Festival picks

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National Interest

The Obamacare Soothsayer Awards: The envelope, please!

Today we honor the Obamacare doomsday seers, because it takes a special kind of courage to prognosticate catastrophe with so much gung-ho ...

12 years ago

 Two SEPTA Smartcard testing stations are installed at the Market-Frankford Line 13th Street stop. Electronic payment would be another step toward the system Philly deserves, says Michael Froehlich. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Speak Easy

Late-night SEPTA subways a good start, but Philly deserves even more from public transit

I am no starry-eyed idealist. I am too Philly for that. Even if SEPTA restores 24/7 subway service, SEPTA will still not be the world-cla ...

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PlanPhilly
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April 18: Family Court’s moving costs | Neighborhoods consider improvement districts | Philly homes portrait collection | Lincoln Drive gateway project | Manufacturing upswing | Kelly Drive detour

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April 18 – 20: Farm Fest at The Oval | Maker happy hour | Clark Park cleanup | Center City Jazz Festival | 5K for Clean Air | Sister Cities plant and produce pop-up

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Old Pine’s curbside wisdom

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 State Treasurer Rob McCord (Kim Paynter/for NewsWorks)
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McCord, Schwartz turn up heat in Pa. governor’s race

The genial tone of the Democratic primary campaign for governor of Pennsylvania has changed recently, as two candidates have taken sharp ...

12 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Sneak peek: New stuff, locally grown

Next season’s production lineups are floating in like spring breezes. The area’s 50-plus professional stage companies – the ...

12 years ago

 A woman scans her ballot after voting at a school (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
National Interest

Why Democrats have a thing for single women

Democrats have a thing this year for single women – all the unmarrieds, including the divorced and the widowed – because supp ...

12 years ago

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April 17: One Parkway closed through weekend | PennDOT solicits feedback | Parklets return | Kensington co-op signs lease | A peek inside Parkside

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May 2-4: Stroll with us for Jane’s Walk 2014

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