The Inquirer Editorial Board

Funding and personnel reductions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency may make elections less secure, while voter ID legislation could disenfranchise millions.

Federal funding cuts and councilmanic prerogative are among the obstacles Mayor Cherelle L. Parker faces in her effort to build, preserve, and restore roughly 30,000 homes.

The ongoing incompetence at the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office is putting public safety at risk and demands urgent attention.

We must address the daily arrest — and potential expulsion — of hundreds of people who have lived quietly and productively in this country for years, the Editorial Board writes.

Everyone but the president seems to understand tariffs are a tax on imports that ultimately increase prices, while retaliatory tariffs will lead to fewer exports for U.S. companies and farmers.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must lead on vaccination efforts, not continue to sow doubt about immunization’s proven effectiveness.

Abandoning Ukraine will shatter U.S. standing in the world, and embolden Russia and other adversaries, which could lead to more costly and destabilizing wars.

Government, business, education, and religious faith leaders who have been silent or fallen in line must follow Booker’s lead and make a stand for American freedoms, rights, and values.

The secretary of defense has shown he has no business running the Pentagon. He should resign or be fired.

If Trump continues to defy judges, and Congress remains pliant, then our constitutional form of government is essentially meaningless.

Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the need to do away with capital punishment.

A state lawmaker has rightfully called for an "overhaul" to protect Philadelphians from the office’s continued dysfunction.

Signs for the Philadelphia street previously named after Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the infamous "Dred Scott" decision, are coming down at last.

Without a more ambitious effort, and more willingness to step on political toes, the mayor’s plans to curtail the rising cost of owning or renting a home will likely flounder.

Trump believes tariffs are a magic bullet. But history shows free trade led to unprecedented economic growth. By contrast, tariffs worsened the Great Depression.

That a bill most district councilmembers believed was not good enough for their own constituents was approved on a 15-2 vote shows the power of an outmoded tradition.

A big question hanging over Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s budget plan is how the Trump administration’s reckless and irresponsible cuts to state and local funding will impact the city’s finances.

Amid the resignation of the child advocate and the incompetence of the Department of Aging, abuse and neglect complaints involving the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians have risen in recent years.

Presidents are supposed to unify and strengthen the nation. But after less than two months in office, Donald Trump has diminished and destabilized the United States.

A failure to capitalize on America's Semiquincentennial isn’t the only squandered opportunity for the city and its history.