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Opinion & Essay

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters as she departs after meeting with all the House Democrats, many calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Video fakery and the high cost of lies

Donald Trump's fans have had a tough time combating Pelosi, so apparently their only recourse was to manipulate video footage to smear her as semi-nuts.

7 years ago

In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ Mena Massoud stars Aladdin, while Will Smith plays the Genie.  Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures
Arts & Entertainment
The Conversation

How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping

Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping.

7 years ago

A memorial of flowers, balloons, a cross and photo of victim Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, are displayed on the lawn, Friday, May 17, 2019 in Chicago, outside the home where Ochoa-Lopez was murdered last month. Assistant State's Attorney James Murphy says a pregnant Ochoa-Lopez, who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb, was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers. (Teresa Crawford/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

Pro-life means all lives

The fight to protect life should be about much more than abortion. In fact, the fight to protect life should go on long after children are born.

7 years ago

A wax likeness of the renowned abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet Ross Tubman is unveiled at the Presidents Gallery by Madame Tussauds in Washington in celebration of Black History Month, Tuesday, February 7, 2012.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Trump banishes Harriet Tubman to the back of the bus

Harriet Tubman, heroine of the Underground Railroad and worker for women's suffrage, was tapped by Obama's Treasury to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill starting in 2020.

7 years ago

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., (center), is joined by, (from left), Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., as he hosts a news conference with a bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers who are demanding the U.S. government should be required to seek warrants if it wants to search for information about Americans and insist on reforms to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 to protect Americans' rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Meet the conservative Republican who’s putting country over party

Justin Amash, a rare Republican congressman who refuses to genuflect at Donald Trump's feet, has been taking heat lately for daring to speak his mind.

7 years ago

Voters sign polling book in Philadelphia. (AP file photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

More reason to vote in the Philly election

As I speak to young black voters about Tuesday’s primary elections, I am struck both by their cynicism and their hope.

7 years ago

Voters line up outside the polls on Election Day in 2016 (WHYY, file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Living a block from the polls makes you 28% more likely to vote

Fewer than one in three Philadelphians voted in the last mayoral primary, and that was for an open seat.

7 years ago

Philadelphia rowhouses.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Homeownership rates are dropping in Philly. A little-known elected office plays a big role

Philadelphia homeownership is on the decline. For the first time in 2017, more homes were occupied by renters than homeowners. 

7 years ago

Protestors called for Representative Brian Sims to resign outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City Friday morning.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

We’re one Supreme Court case away from outlawing abortion

Anyone who still assumes that legal abortion is here to stay, and that Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land, should take a hard look at what's happening right now.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a celebration of military mothers with first lady Melania Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

What Democrats fear most in 2020: A bullish Trump economy

We need to acknowledge the reality that presidents typically get re-hired when voters believe the economy is on the upswing.

7 years ago

Mothers bring life to a world where death too often holds sway. They 
 bring authenticity to a world where relationships are often fake. (lastudio87/Big Stock)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

We need more mothers

Mothers bring life to a world where death too often holds sway. They bring authenticity to a world where relationships are often fake.

7 years ago

Cathy Simpson (rear left) as Jesus, Bi Jean Ngo and James Kern as daughter and father in Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment
Shapiro on Theater

Caught in a time warp ‘Among the Dead’ at Theatre Exile

This evocative play about a child of war features a complex story and a fine cast.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives for a one year anniversary event for the first lady's Be Best initiative in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

3 reasons why America’s worst businessman will keep his cultists

Trump's fans are eternally tethered to the delusion that he's a winner.

7 years ago

School children in classroom. (via ShutterStock)
Education

Saluting the unsung heroes of education in Bucks, Montgomery

The Council for the Advancement of Public Schools recognizes four unsung heroes serving in schools in Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Alison Ormsby as Esther in the Azuka Theatre production of 'Boycott Esther.' (Courtesy of Johanna Austin/austinart.org)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment
Shapiro on Theater

#MeToo: Art imitates life in Azuka’s ‘Boycott Esther’

“Boycott Esther” playwright Emily Acker creates an imperfect onstage drama out of her career setback because of Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace.

7 years ago

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