
Opinion & Essay
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.
7 years ago
Listen 5:20Dumb 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
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
Listen 5:41Ryan 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
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
Listen 2:52Students 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
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
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
A glossary for those whose English is anguished
Sometimes a words seems built intentionally to trick us.
7 years ago
‘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
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
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
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
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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