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Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool. Today she's thriving. (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado)
The Pulse
Health

Letting go of anger in North Philly

Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool.

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Michael Cohen, (left), and David Schwartz (Richard Drew and Frank Eltman/AP)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Dumb and dumber: Trump’s lawyer and the lawyer’s lawyer

I'm sorry to return so soon to the Stormy Daniels saga. But it's actually not about sex.

7 years ago

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church (PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Saying goodbye to Philadelphia’s first black Catholic church

For the last 30 years, former parishioners of St. Peter Claver have hoped for a miracle.

7 years ago

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U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Ryan Costello and ‘the modified limited hangout route’

Between now and November, a lot of bailing Republicans (in this election cycle, a record number of retirements) will likely try to replicate Costello's tortured balancing act.

7 years ago

Ruby Wolf and Peter DeLaurier in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

In ‘The Tempest’ at Lantern, the magic’s in the text

Shakespeare's words, with solid acting and not a lot of stage glitz.

7 years ago

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Robert Edwards, center, a student from Washington, speaks alongside lawmakers and gun control activists at the U.S. Capitol
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Students and teachers need resources, not armed camps

Students do not need more firepower, police, metal detectors, and other trappings of the school-to-prison pipeline in their schools.

7 years ago

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Cranberry, Pa. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo, file)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Irrelevant Rick Santorum is out of time

You’ll rarely see the names “Rick Santorum” and “The Rolling Stones” appear in the same sentence. But we li ...

7 years ago

This image released by CBS News shows Stormy Daniels, left, during an interview with Anderson Cooper which will air on Sunday, March 25, 2018, on
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The political fallout from Trump’s dark and Stormy night

What matters most is the political fallout that threatens to imperil the GOP in the November congressional midterms. Put simply, it’s a Harvey Weinstein kind of thing.

7 years ago

Teacher hand writing grammar sentences on blackboard background
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

A glossary for those whose English is anguished

Sometimes a words seems built intentionally to trick us.

7 years ago

The cast of Walnut Street Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Noises Off’ at the Walnut, and the notion of stylish slapstick

In Michael Frayn's play about an inept bunch of actors and the show they perform, the shtick flies.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why street sweeping alone won’t solve Philly’s litter problem

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Community

Does social media really give us the meaningful connections we want?

In my experience, social media helps keep me connected to my communities, but social media itself is not my community.

7 years ago

Charlie is a black Lab look-alike with a penchant for taking over the bed. (Image courtesy of Marybeth Hagan)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

America is really going to the dogs — and who can blame us?

As we grow further apart, forming factions within our nation, as technology weakens our social skills, as more of us live alone, pets can be a source of unconditional love.

7 years ago

Young protesters take part in a Black Lives Matter march
Speak Easy
Community

Resisting the myth of ‘post-racial’ America and sharing responsibility for injustice

In observation of the life and death and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., NewCORE and Gwynedd Mercy University presente ...

7 years ago

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton
National Interest
Politics & Policy

John Bolton and the unlearned lesson of Iraq

Bolton was part of the mendacious crew that gave us the "Mission Accomplished" banner.

7 years ago

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