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Opinion & Essay

Delaware Theatre Company's 2019 production of “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical.” (Courtesy of Matt Urban)
Arts & Entertainment

Diversity and tolerance highlighted in Delaware Theatre Co.’s ‘Honk!’

Delaware Theatre Company’s “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical” is heartwarming entertainment for anyone who has ever felt like a square peg in a round-hole world.

6 years ago

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Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Opinion: Hey Philly candidates: How are you going to address economic mobility?

Potential leaders are ignoring our questions about fixing poverty. That’s not cool.

6 years ago

A health care worker prepares syringes
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Anti-science ignorance stokes public health crisis

We Americans don't agree about much anymore, but at minimum, there should be a consensus that science in the decades since World War II has been a boon to public health.

6 years ago

Luverne Seifert and Melanye Finister in Wilma Theater's world-premiere production
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man’ at the Wilma: It’s not your typical Greek myth

Playwright Kate Tarker offers up the absurdist tale of a shepherd, his wife and Oedipus, the son who left them.

6 years ago

People gathering on a street corner hold signs in support of the victims of Saturday's shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

‘The most significant domestic terrorist threat,’ rinse and repeat

10 years ago this month, when the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooter was nine years old, Barack Obama's DHS authored a dire report about growing extremist violence in America.

6 years ago

A Federal Reserve study surveys the top occupations that don't require a four-year college degree. (Big Stock photo)
Money

Top 10 job opportunities in Philly region for workers without college degree

The majority of Americans don't have a college degree. But there are many non-college jobs that pay reasonably well.

6 years ago

Former vice president Joe Biden looks out the car window as he leaves after speaking at a rally in support of striking Stop & Shop workers in Boston, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Joe Biden’s Washington experience: Asset or albatross?

Joe Biden is reportedly poised to enter the presidential race Thursday, which is a good thing, if only because we can finally retire the tired pun that Joe is Biden his time.

6 years ago

A partially covered statue of singer Kate Smith is seen near the Wells Fargo Center, Friday, April 19, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

Will Jim Kenney follow the Flyers lead?

If the mayor promised to remove the Rizzo statue from public property, he should make good on that promise.

6 years ago

The Capitol is seen before sunrise in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

The impeachment imperative: Will Democrats put country over party?

This is no time for dereliction of duty.

6 years ago

Perhaps one day Humboldt pot will be as famous as Bordeaux wine. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Money
The Conversation

Can artisanal weed compete with ‘Big Marijuana’?

The drug’s growing legalization is raising concerns among small-scale marijuana farmers and retailers that the corporatization of weed may be right around the corner.

6 years ago

The ensemble of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment
Shapiro on Theater

‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday,’ at People’s Light

Sarah Ruhl wrote the play as a 70th birthday gift for her mother, who portrayed Pan as a teenager in Iowa.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump stands during a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

The Mueller report: ‘No person is above the law’

Does a guy who played fast and loose with our national security — and who, at the Helsinki summit, endorsed Putin's denial of election interference — deserve another term?

6 years ago

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of James Thomas More Griffin)
Community

Seven places to pray in solidarity with Notre Dame

Here are a few recommendations for places you can go to pray in solidarity with Christ in the garden — and with those mourning the destruction at Notre Dame Cathedral.

6 years ago

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Rebuilding from loss in Philadelphia and Paris

The fire at Notre Dame brings our relationship with the buildings we know into sharp, emotional relief.

6 years ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduces the Medicare for All Act of 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Leftward Democratic drift could get Trump re-elected

What Democrats badly need is substantive moderate push back, on policies that are conceivably achievable: closing tax loopholes or real tax breaks for the middle class.

6 years ago

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