
Opinion & Essay
Mayor Kenney abandons Philadelphia kids
The mayor insists much of the money will go toward pre-K and Rebuild after the Big Soda lobby is defeated in court. Then why not create a reserve fund earmarked for pre-K?
7 years ago
The hostages at Trump TV: ‘We have lost respect for our jobs’
It reads like a hostage letter penned in a basement cell and smuggled to the public via carrier pigeon. “We are journalists ...
7 years ago
Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table
New executive director for Philly Startup Leaders, the networking organization and community resource for Philadelphia’s tech-startup community, dives into work.
7 years ago
‘V to X’ at the Arden an education in the inhumanity, inequity of mass incarceration
This brutal look at a life spent languishing in a privately operated "correctional facility" comes from theater artist Kash Goins.
7 years ago
Wisconsin’s voters churn the burgeoning blue wave
We have a choice today. We could parse Cadet Bone Spurs’ faux-macho decision to militarize the Mexican border by sending the Nation ...
7 years ago
Churchill had a tendency to tipple, but the ‘British Bulldog’ was no boozehound
'The Darkest Hour seems to show the prime minister with a whisky in every scene, but as he famously said, 'I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.'
7 years ago
Blockbuster ‘Ready Player One’ a natural next step for Spielberg’s relentless career
Spielberg’s success has made him such a quintessential figure that, if you asked 10 people on the street to a name a film director, all 10 might very well identify him.
7 years ago
Martin Luther King’s final speech, ‘standing up for the best in the American dream’
Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.
7 years ago
Diverse casting helps us understand the richness of the human story
The production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, Pa., which included a multiracial ensemble of actors, stirred controversy.
7 years ago
Finally, a movie about the Chappaquiddick scandal
When I heard that Hollywood was making a movie about Chappaquiddick, I said to myself, "Hallelujah. It's about time."
7 years ago
It appears to be open season on those standing up against racism
Long before Stephon Clark was shot dead by Sacramento police officers, those who dared to protest police mistreatment of African-Americans became targets.
7 years ago
New from Trump TV: Sinclair’s robotic propagandists
Welcome to the newest iteration of Trump TV, courtesy of the nation's largest owner of local TV stations.
7 years ago
Presidents have always attracted top legal talent — until now
Trump might as well post an ad on Craigslist, because nothing else seems to be working.
7 years ago
A bristling clash of cultures in InterAct Theatre’s ‘Human Rites’
Plays like “Human Rites” – thoughtfully written and thought-provoking -- are what keep a lot of people, myself included, eagerly going to the theater.
7 years ago
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