
Opinion & Essay
As the nation files taxes, Trump still hides his
Today is tax day, and millions of Americans will have to show the government everything — their salaries and their expenses, their profits, and their losses.
6 years ago
How the Catholic Church used treatment centers to protect priests accused of child abuse
At least 50 priests accused of molesting children in Pennsylvania were referred to a facility in Downingtown for evaluation and treatment.
6 years ago
Should a former Philly bathhouse gain landmark status because of its place in LGBTQ history?
Back when homosexuality was illegal in Philadelphia, the Camac Baths offered a safe place for queer subculture to exist.
6 years ago
Cover-up commandant William Barr: ‘I’ve said what I’m gonna say’
If the full report totally exonerates Trump, as Trump claims, why is his regime so intent on suppressing it?
6 years ago
Kirstjen Nielsen and the high cost of amoral servitude
Nielsen, whose resignation letter went public shortly after Trump tweeted a rote farewell, will forever be known as the face of the Trump regime's border brutality.
6 years ago
We demand place in building trades
Roughly 6.9 percent of construction companies in Philadelphia are minority-owned, according to data from the U.S. Census.
6 years ago
A ‘Heartland’ in two disparate places, from InterAct Theatre
Afghanistan and Omaha are the settings for an alternately funny and sad drama about the meaning of struggle.
6 years ago
”Tis Pity She’s a Whore,’ controversial for almost 400 years, from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective
The play has been the object of scorn and disgust for its subject matter and even for its title. But this flawed presentation satisfies as a glimpse of theater history.
6 years ago
Fake news fraud Alex Jones suffers his day of reckoning
In my perpetual and often fruitless search for upbeat news, I've discovered the sworn deposition of Alex Jones.
6 years ago
You’ll hear these 4 arguments in defense of the Electoral College – here’s why they’re wrong
For the first time in the country’s modern history, the existence of the Electoral College has become a campaign issue.
6 years ago
The Walnut’s engrossing ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’
Movement may be more subtle in this Philadelphia production of the Broadway dazzler, but the result is striking and eloquent in its own right.
6 years ago
Health care stupidity is a Republican preexisting condition
Donald Trump is celebrating his fake "complete exoneration" by pledging anew to throw 20 million people off their Obamacare coverage. Is this guy politically stupid, or what?
6 years ago
A frank discussion of safe injection sites
Tonight, in a church on Allegheny Avenue, I’ll moderate a forum on safe injection sites with community members and city officials.
6 years ago
Beyond ‘Bandersnatch,’ the future of interactive TV is bright
The December 2018 premiere of Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” offered consumers a new way to influence the entertainment they’re watching.
6 years ago
Adam Schiff tells Trump and his toadies to take a hike
Anyone who's tempted to be cowed into believing that the Barr minimum of the Mueller report is somehow tantamount to total exoneration should watch Schiff deliver the goods.
6 years ago
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