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Opinion & Essay

 Democratic primary winner Larry Krasner takes the stage at his campaign party on election night.Many millennials backed his campaign.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Surge in young voters in Philly dramatically reshaped May primary

A review of Philadelphia’s primary election on May 16 confirms what it seemed we saw on election night: the city’s millennial ...

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

Are we too old to wear that?

Each spring, we bring our summer clothes down from the attic. We get reacquainted with the T-shirts and cotton pants that we lived withou ...

8 years ago

 President Donald Trump is shown in the White House on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

Prelude to Comey: A breaking news cornucopia

To properly set the stage for James Comey’s Senate testimony — even the broadcast networks plan to cover his Thursday gig; as Tru ...

8 years ago

 Philadelphia GOP leader Joe DeFelice works the phones on Election Day, Nov. 8. (NewsWorks file photo)
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Philly GOP chair takes HUD regional job

After leading Philadelphia’s Republican Party for years, Joe DeFelice has taken a post in the Trump administration as a regional ad ...

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

Rowing has been a path toward leadership, overcoming fear

My morning path to school is the same every day. The streets are lined with trash, broken glass, and aged needles as a reminder of the chaos from the night before.

8 years ago

 In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a U.S. Coast Guard landing barge, tightly packed with helmeted soldiers, approaches the shore at Normandy, France, during initial Allied landing operations, June 6, 1944. These barges ride back and forth across the English Channel, bringing wave after wave of reinforcement troops to the Allied beachheads. (AP Photo)
National Interest

Satire: A presidential D-Day Tweetstorm

Donald Trump, thumbing in his bathrobe, 73 years ago today: “Ike should quit invasion. S ...

8 years ago

 A new report finds that thousands of Pennsylvanians who filed voter-registration applications such as these last year may have been unable to vote in the presidential election because the applications weren't processed quickly enough — or at all. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Thousands of Pa. voters disenfranchised?

Thousands of Pennsylvanians who filed voter-registration applications last year may have been unable to vote in the presidential election ...

8 years ago

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 Many colleges like TCNJ are expanding their campuses. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)
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Education

New Jersey will soon have a shortage of college students

New Jersey will experience about a 20 percent decline in the number of high school graduates through 2030, according to a recent report, ...

8 years ago

 People look at flowers near London Bridge following Saturday's attack in London, Monday, June 5, 2017. Police arrested several people and are widening their investigation after a series of attacks described as terrorism killed several people and injured more than 40 others in the heart of London on Saturday.  (Isabel Infantes/PA via AP)
National Interest

Crazed in a crisis: Trump’s preposterous and panicky tweets

There’s an old saying in politics, “Don’t speak unless you can improve the silence.” Alas, our commander-in-tweet ...

8 years ago

 Kevin Bergen (left) and Steven Wright as Vanya, in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of 'Uncle Vanya.' (Photo courtesy of Shawn May)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Keeping up the pace with ‘Uncle Vanya’ (Quintessence Theatre Group)

One glib maxim defines the entirety of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”: Life sucks, then you die. Chekhov loads his maste ...

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

Essay: Bound by bulletin board, a neighborhood on the right ‘tack’

"Former journalist seeks writing partner for regular meetings to share work in progress (short stories, memoir) and constructive critique."

8 years ago

 LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers spoke out after his home was vandalized with a racial epithet. (Keith Allison/ Flickr Creative Commons)
The Philadelphia Experiment

LeBron James response to racism transcends basketball

I worry about our black boys. Not because statistics show they are more likely than their white counterparts to suffer through pov ...

8 years ago

 Beth Grossman is the Republican candidate for Philadelphia district attorney. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Republican DA candidate in Philly sees an opening against Krasner

After months of hearing Democratic candidates for Philadelphia district attorney talk about fairness for defendants, Republican candidate ...

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

Let dads father and moms mother

On May 4, 2017, I read an article that I feel devalued and misrepresented the true nature of dads in its title: “ ...

8 years ago

 Solar panels on the roof of the building supplying energy to the AirTrain at Newark Liberty International Airport soak up the rays. (AP file photo)
National Interest

Trump pulls out of Paris, but he can’t cancel the future

Donald Trump has sullied himself, and this nation, by withdrawing from the Paris climate change pact. But, believe it or not, there’ ...

8 years ago

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