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Police stand guard at the Frank Rizzo statue on the grounds of the Municipal Services Building. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Courts & Law

Removing Rizzo statue a symbolic gesture; police must make real change

I am at once relieved that the Kenney administration made the right decision, and grieved that removing a symbol of brutality does not change the substance of this moment.

8 years ago

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The Queen of Hearts
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump plays the Queen of Hearts: ‘Sentence first, verdict afterwards!’

Leave it to Trump to gum up the federal court machinery in the case of alleged rent-a-truck terrorist Sayfullo Saipov with his toxic mix of authoritarianism and ignorance.

8 years ago

Thanksgiving celebration
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be yours

When we host, we have the routine down. But we do have some pressing questions

8 years ago

The company of Wilma Theater's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A different sort of bloodstream for ‘Blood Wedding’ (Wilma Theater)

An old play becomes an altogether new experience in this adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic.

8 years ago

Dick Polman and Yevgenia Albats (UPenn Kelly Writers House)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Life in Russia, under the heel of Trump's hero

If you're wondering what life is really like in Russia, meet Yevgenia Albats, a Moscow-based journalist.

8 years ago

Hunter shooting wild hens.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Gun culture’s dirty secret

It’s really important to blow smoke about how we’re the last true defense of freedom against tyranny. That, however, is complete and utter BS.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Prominent Philly preservationist to Faithful Laurentians: Stop.

8 years ago

From l-r., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., meet with reporters to announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Republican reckoning: Rule of law or rule of Trump?

Yogi Berra reputedly said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." The Republicans on Capitol Hill can only wish it were that easy to choose indecision.

8 years ago

A cat playfully paws at the air
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Bringing a little Hope into my life

When my cat went to her Great Reward 18 months ago, I told myself, “Never again!” And then, one day, out of the blue, I made the call. “Linda? I’m ready to adopt a cat."

8 years ago

(photo courtesy Tanja Productions/Delaware Theatre Company)
Arts & Entertainment

Bravado and indignation star in Delaware Theatre's 'Dare To Be Black'

Say what you will about the Delaware Theatre Company, it’s never been afraid to tackle controversial topics. The story of a black boxer in the early 1900s fits that theme.

8 years ago

In this photo from President Donald Trump's Twitter account, George Papadopoulos, third from left, sits at a table with then-candidate Trump and others at what is labeled at a national security meeting in Washington that was posted on March 31, 2016. Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide belittled by the White House as a low-level volunteer was thrust on Oct. 30, 2017, to the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, providing evidence in the first criminal case that connects Trump’s team and intermediaries for Russia seeking to interfere in the campaign.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Mueller pierces Trump’s ‘no collusion’ delusion

The Trump disinformation factory insists that Papadopoulos was merely some low-level campaign “volunteer,” thus leaving the fake impression that he was licking envelopes.

8 years ago

Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel is shown speaking at the American Medical Association's annual conference in 2009.
Speak Easy
Health

Who in his right mind wants to die at 75?

He claims, though, that he won't actively end his life — he's always been opposed to euthanasia, and to "death with dignity" — he will not try to prolong it either.

8 years ago

The author is shown posing with several of the people who met him for conversations about Islam over coffee.
Speak Easy
Community

7 common questions from my coffee conversations about Islam

In a series of conversations about Islam that I have been having with people from all across Pennsylvania, seven questions come up most often.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Luther Strange
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump's apologists couldn't care less about indictments

No matter what happens on the legal front in the days and weeks ahead, Trump’s credulous fan base will remain wedded to him 'til death do they part.

8 years ago

A device called a
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Gee, what a shock: Long live the bump stock

Ever wonder what happened to the tiny glimmer of gun reform that briefly competed with Thoughts ‘n’ Prayers?

8 years ago

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