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Opinion & Essay

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.

8 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 ...

8 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.

8 years ago

A student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., attends a news conference about gun violence
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy

The success of March for Our Lives will show up on November ballots

The March for Our Lives takes place on Saturday, but the lessons from this latest American movement are taking place right now. 

8 years ago

Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
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Education

Letter: Pennridge School District should be ashamed for giving walkout students detention

When I heard that students from my alma mater received Saturday detention for their participation in the National Student Walkout, I had one reaction: shame.

8 years ago

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The Austin bomber was a white Christian. Ban them all!

I hold this truth to be self-evident: If the dead Austin bomber had turned out to be a Muslim, Trump would be interrupting his current pr ...

8 years ago

Sara Lomax-Reese is shown with her mother
Speak Easy
Community

The triple weight of being Black, American, and a woman

While we have always shared many of the concerns championed by the mainstream women’s movement, we have never had the luxury of fighting a singular fight.

8 years ago

Arshad White, a senior at Girard Academic Music Program
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Girard Academic Music student: Do not ignore the youngest of us in gun law debate

Adults are constantly telling our youth that ... not only does our opinion not matter, but we don’t have the capabilities to imprint a change.

8 years ago

Students fill the courtyard at Philly City Hall during the walkout.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Mastery Charter student: ‘Proud to stand’ with strong youth to push for better gun laws

17 minutes is not enough to voice our concerns and highlight the fear that we hold within ourselves every day.

8 years ago

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix
National Interest
Politics & Policy

5 new accelerants for the raging Trumpster fire

What's fueling the Trumpster fire this week? Cambridge Analytica, the Kremlin, the extramarital ladies, Fox News, and Millennial women.

8 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
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Community

Penn Law prof’s comments prove need for racial justice in legal profession

America can never have just laws and policies, or a system that brings equality to everyone, if the caretakers and decision makers of our legal institutions are mostly white.

8 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters following a GOP strategy session,
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Crystal ball alert: My fearless prediction about Paul Ryan

Today I will make a prediction. If it turns out to be right, hail me as a sage. If it turns out to be wrong, forget I ever said it.

8 years ago

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., left, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, second from left, join pickets during a tour of an Atlanta slum area
Speak Easy
Community

Remembering ongoing work of women in the civil rights movement

"During the civil rights movement, or any other movement in this country, there are women of color pushing the moral conscience of our country to do better."

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Diary of a Philadelphia punk rock preservationist

8 years ago

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe sits with a folder marked
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump is dragging us to democracy’s moment of reckoning

It's hard to recognize history in the making when you're living in the moment...

8 years ago

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