Opinion & Essay

Salewa Ogunmefun, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Voice, advocates for more equitable elections through “Unity Maps.”

Every delay in Vision Zero projects in Philly means more potential injury and death on our streets. With more funding and action, we can have safer streets.

The government’s ambitious rhetoric around climate is too often dangerously out of step with its own actions.

David Rose moved to Germantown in 2016 to take care of the Black Writers Museum. As he prepares to leave Philly, he reflects on the lessons he learned.

SEPTA was at fault for creating the conditions that would allow something so heinous to take place, WHYY columnist Solomon Jones writes.

Italian Americans have a crucial role in speaking out against the myth that we all support Columbus, or that his symbols and monuments honor us.

Historian Linn Washington remembers the prominent Philadelphia activist and businessman William Still, who challenged laws and customs that discriminated against Black people.

The pandemic forced cities to rewrite the rules of the road and engage residents in the process.

My mom and my aunt occasionally see my dad under the Market-Frankford El in Kensington. I’m grateful I haven’t seen him that way.

Southeastern Pa. has a clean water crisis brewing. Biden’s infrastructure bill could help.

The Main Line exists because of the railroad. It’s time we change the zoning code to allow people to take advantage of transit.

The Daily Pennsylvanian’s first Black editor-in-chief offers a look at how journalists of color are fighting racism in media and reshaping the industry.

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Connections2050 plan could be our chance to change the math on highway spending.

Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, demands the U.S. government waive humanitarian parole fees for Afghan refugees.

The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.