ColumnistsCan the Brown University tragedy bring the left and the right together? Remember the old adage about two wrongs? We liberals created an intolerant atmosphere on our campuses. In response, conservatives are taking political measures to silence us. Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist You may not have healthcare but you can get into a national park for free on Trump’s birthdayJenice Armstrong | Columnist 2026 Volkswagen ID.4: Large and in charge? Scott Sturgis | Columnist This hut at the Christmas Village sells 300 to 500 packages a day. Nobody knows what’s inside of them.Stephanie Farr | Columnist In 2026, America needs an anti-AI party | Will Bunch NewsletterWill Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementMass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes homeA mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.Will Bunch | Columnist At the border, fear and uncertainty as Trump seeks to remake the immigration court systemIn immigration courtrooms across the country, ICE agents stand in wait to arrest people who are following the rules.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist Europe now holds the flickering torch of Western democracy, while the Trump team pushes to extinguish itThe White House presses Germany to include the neofascist, antisemitic AfD party in government, while encouraging extremist parties across Europe.Trudy Rubin | Columnist The ‘resign-to-run’ rule is a rare case where Philly provides a national model for good government. Why change it?The arguments for allowing an elected official to remain in office while campaigning for another job — even if it's a federal role, instead of a local one — just don’t hold up.Paul Davies | Columnist Shapiro strikes a deal, Council micromanages, and Parker gets a H.O.M.E. debate for the holidays | ShackamaxonKudos to Gov. Josh Shapiro, who helped broker a deal between SEPTA and its largest labor group. Is he free to mediate between the mayor and Council?Daniel Pearson | Columnist 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT: Built for the rail trail? The EV that’s definitely worth a look otherwise gets a faux off-road guise, which is mostly black plastic and a bit of lift. And yet the tires seem unprepared for wet roads.Scott Sturgis | Columnist New U.S. National Security Strategy slams Europe as greater threat than Russia or ChinaThe White House seeks deals with Beijing and Moscow, but demands Europe support extreme nationalist parties or face “civilizational erasure.”Trudy Rubin | Columnist Ale Ayiti: Philly Haitian Americans celebrate a rare World Cup bidAs the Haiti v. Brazil match in Philadelphia was announced this week, Haitian community members promised jubilation, tears and rara, writes Sabrina Vourvoulias.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist Trump says Somalis are ‘garbage’ and wants them to leave America. No one should be surprised by his ignorance.Most of Minnesota’s foreign-born Somalis are naturalized U.S. citizens. They have every right to live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. They vote. They pay taxes. Trump is their president, too.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.Will Bunch | Columnist In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American RevolutionEveryday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.Will Bunch | Columnist The question Trump and Hegseth won’t answer: Why is that flotilla in the Caribbean in the first place?It's not about a drug war: Venezuela exports no fentanyl, and POTUS pardoned a former Honduran president who flooded the U.S. with cocaine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Trump may have shut down the border to asylum-seekers, but he can’t end immigrants’ hopeThe president has succeeded in curtailing illegal immigration through a mix of enforcement, deterrence, and cruelty, but it is unsustainable.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist Marra’s goes and the Rail Park grows as Philly communities change | ShackamaxonAs more members of a community live and work outside the city, it becomes harder to maintain the institutions that helped forge their identity in the first place.Daniel Pearson | Columnist Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a cityThe first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.Will Bunch | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Can the Brown University tragedy bring the left and the right together? Remember the old adage about two wrongs? We liberals created an intolerant atmosphere on our campuses. In response, conservatives are taking political measures to silence us. Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Can the Brown University tragedy bring the left and the right together? Remember the old adage about two wrongs? We liberals created an intolerant atmosphere on our campuses. In response, conservatives are taking political measures to silence us. Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
You may not have healthcare but you can get into a national park for free on Trump’s birthdayJenice Armstrong | Columnist
You may not have healthcare but you can get into a national park for free on Trump’s birthdayJenice Armstrong | Columnist
This hut at the Christmas Village sells 300 to 500 packages a day. Nobody knows what’s inside of them.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
This hut at the Christmas Village sells 300 to 500 packages a day. Nobody knows what’s inside of them.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes homeA mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.Will Bunch | Columnist
Mass shooting at Brown U.: When gun heartbreak comes homeA mass shooting at my alma mater is a gutting reminder that no one is safe until we tackle America's gun crisis.Will Bunch | Columnist
At the border, fear and uncertainty as Trump seeks to remake the immigration court systemIn immigration courtrooms across the country, ICE agents stand in wait to arrest people who are following the rules.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
At the border, fear and uncertainty as Trump seeks to remake the immigration court systemIn immigration courtrooms across the country, ICE agents stand in wait to arrest people who are following the rules.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Europe now holds the flickering torch of Western democracy, while the Trump team pushes to extinguish itThe White House presses Germany to include the neofascist, antisemitic AfD party in government, while encouraging extremist parties across Europe.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Europe now holds the flickering torch of Western democracy, while the Trump team pushes to extinguish itThe White House presses Germany to include the neofascist, antisemitic AfD party in government, while encouraging extremist parties across Europe.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The ‘resign-to-run’ rule is a rare case where Philly provides a national model for good government. Why change it?The arguments for allowing an elected official to remain in office while campaigning for another job — even if it's a federal role, instead of a local one — just don’t hold up.Paul Davies | Columnist
The ‘resign-to-run’ rule is a rare case where Philly provides a national model for good government. Why change it?The arguments for allowing an elected official to remain in office while campaigning for another job — even if it's a federal role, instead of a local one — just don’t hold up.Paul Davies | Columnist
Shapiro strikes a deal, Council micromanages, and Parker gets a H.O.M.E. debate for the holidays | ShackamaxonKudos to Gov. Josh Shapiro, who helped broker a deal between SEPTA and its largest labor group. Is he free to mediate between the mayor and Council?Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Shapiro strikes a deal, Council micromanages, and Parker gets a H.O.M.E. debate for the holidays | ShackamaxonKudos to Gov. Josh Shapiro, who helped broker a deal between SEPTA and its largest labor group. Is he free to mediate between the mayor and Council?Daniel Pearson | Columnist
2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT: Built for the rail trail? The EV that’s definitely worth a look otherwise gets a faux off-road guise, which is mostly black plastic and a bit of lift. And yet the tires seem unprepared for wet roads.Scott Sturgis | Columnist
2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT: Built for the rail trail? The EV that’s definitely worth a look otherwise gets a faux off-road guise, which is mostly black plastic and a bit of lift. And yet the tires seem unprepared for wet roads.Scott Sturgis | Columnist
New U.S. National Security Strategy slams Europe as greater threat than Russia or ChinaThe White House seeks deals with Beijing and Moscow, but demands Europe support extreme nationalist parties or face “civilizational erasure.”Trudy Rubin | Columnist
New U.S. National Security Strategy slams Europe as greater threat than Russia or ChinaThe White House seeks deals with Beijing and Moscow, but demands Europe support extreme nationalist parties or face “civilizational erasure.”Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Ale Ayiti: Philly Haitian Americans celebrate a rare World Cup bidAs the Haiti v. Brazil match in Philadelphia was announced this week, Haitian community members promised jubilation, tears and rara, writes Sabrina Vourvoulias.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Ale Ayiti: Philly Haitian Americans celebrate a rare World Cup bidAs the Haiti v. Brazil match in Philadelphia was announced this week, Haitian community members promised jubilation, tears and rara, writes Sabrina Vourvoulias.Sabrina Vourvoulias | Columnist
Trump says Somalis are ‘garbage’ and wants them to leave America. No one should be surprised by his ignorance.Most of Minnesota’s foreign-born Somalis are naturalized U.S. citizens. They have every right to live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. They vote. They pay taxes. Trump is their president, too.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump says Somalis are ‘garbage’ and wants them to leave America. No one should be surprised by his ignorance.Most of Minnesota’s foreign-born Somalis are naturalized U.S. citizens. They have every right to live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. They vote. They pay taxes. Trump is their president, too.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.Will Bunch | Columnist
The Trump regime murders that aren’t on video | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, troubled Mount Airy Lodge is a perfect Trump venue.Will Bunch | Columnist
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American RevolutionEveryday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.Will Bunch | Columnist
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American RevolutionEveryday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.Will Bunch | Columnist
The question Trump and Hegseth won’t answer: Why is that flotilla in the Caribbean in the first place?It's not about a drug war: Venezuela exports no fentanyl, and POTUS pardoned a former Honduran president who flooded the U.S. with cocaine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The question Trump and Hegseth won’t answer: Why is that flotilla in the Caribbean in the first place?It's not about a drug war: Venezuela exports no fentanyl, and POTUS pardoned a former Honduran president who flooded the U.S. with cocaine.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump may have shut down the border to asylum-seekers, but he can’t end immigrants’ hopeThe president has succeeded in curtailing illegal immigration through a mix of enforcement, deterrence, and cruelty, but it is unsustainable.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Trump may have shut down the border to asylum-seekers, but he can’t end immigrants’ hopeThe president has succeeded in curtailing illegal immigration through a mix of enforcement, deterrence, and cruelty, but it is unsustainable.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
Marra’s goes and the Rail Park grows as Philly communities change | ShackamaxonAs more members of a community live and work outside the city, it becomes harder to maintain the institutions that helped forge their identity in the first place.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Marra’s goes and the Rail Park grows as Philly communities change | ShackamaxonAs more members of a community live and work outside the city, it becomes harder to maintain the institutions that helped forge their identity in the first place.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a cityThe first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.Will Bunch | Columnist
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a cityThe first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.Will Bunch | Columnist
