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Daye Pope writes that more than the trans community will be in jeopardy under a second Trump presidency.

Trans people won’t be safe under a second Trump presidency

Weakening the civil rights of one group paves the way for the rights of others to be infringed.

Daye Pope

Donald Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Turning Point Action campaign rally in October in Duluth, Ga.

Letters to the Editor | Nov. 22, 2024

Letters to the Editor, For The Inquirer

Semiyah Breaud, who identifies as a trans woman, raises up a transgender pride flag during the eighth annual Philly Trans March in Center City Philadelphia on Oct. 6, 2018. Several hundred people participated in the march to advocate for trans rights and remember trans victims of violence.

Transgender wars are a test of whether our humanity can trump focus-group politics

Will Bunch | Columnist

The chaos, lies and corruption of Donald Trump’s previous term may soon seem like the good old days if the Senate bows to pressure and approves the most extreme cabinet ever, writes the Editorial Board.

The Senate must reject Trump’s dangerous, unqualified cabinet nominees

The Editorial Board

Belinda Davis, chair of the Green Party of Philadelphia, put up signs for Green Party candidates along Germantown Avenue.

What Green Party and third-party voters in Pa. might tell us about the future of close elections

Transgender wars are a test of whether our humanity can trump focus-group politics

Whether hate-filled TV ads helped elect Trump is no reason to stop fighting for the humanity of 1 million transgender Americans.

Will Bunch | Columnist

Semiyah Breaud, who identifies as a trans woman, raises up a transgender pride flag during the eighth annual Philly Trans March in Center City Philadelphia on Oct. 6, 2018. Several hundred people participated in the march to advocate for trans rights and remember trans victims of violence.

Semiyah Breaud, who identifies as a trans woman, raises up a transgender pride flag during the eighth annual Philly Trans March in Center City Philadelphia on Oct. 6, 2018. Several hundred people participated in the march to advocate for trans rights and remember trans victims of violence.

Transgender wars are a test of whether our humanity can trump focus-group politics

Whether hate-filled TV ads helped elect Trump is no reason to stop fighting for the humanity of 1 million transgender Americans.

Will Bunch | Columnist

2025 Hyundai Tucson: Gas-powered SUV makes the case for a hybrid

Scott Sturgis | Columnist

The Hyundai Tucson gets a very nice look for 2025, especially when it comes in the author’s favorite shade of blue.

You can rent this mobile Philly sports pub that was handcrafted in Delco

Stephanie Farr | Columnist

John Chambers of Broomall stands behind the bar inside the mobile Philadelphia sports pub he made and offers for rent.

How Gaza protests helped Trump gain power

Will Bunch | Columnist

Members of law enforcement form a line Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus during a protest of the war in Gaza.

My quest for postelection solace led me to a group of moms who know what real grief is

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

Deemika Brown holds a photo of her son, Terrell Arnold Jr., near a brick bearing his name at the Moms Bonded by Grief Garden of Healing, a memorial for victims of gun violence, which had its grand opening in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday.

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The chaos, lies and corruption of Donald Trump’s previous term may soon seem like the good old days if the Senate bows to pressure and approves the most extreme cabinet ever, writes the Editorial Board.

The Senate must reject Trump’s dangerous, unqualified cabinet nominees

The Editorial Board

There’s good reason to fear China’s government may use TikTok data to its advantage as a strategic and commercial adversary of the United States, writes the Editorial Board.

Trump was ready to ban TikTok. Now he’s promised to save it. | Editorial

The Editorial Board

City Council President Kenyatta Johnson questions representatives with Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Sixers, Wednesday, on the second day of Council's hearings on the team's arena proposal.

City Council needs to take the Sixers arena proposal seriously | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Given the likely development of the Sixers arena on East Market Street, the Roundhouse property could provide an opportunity for Chinatown to grow, writes the Editorial Board.

Whatever happens to the Roundhouse, the process must be transparent and benefit Philadelphia | Editorial

The Editorial Board

A rendering of the 76ers proposed arena for Center City. An apartment tower could be a bigger game changer for the neighborhood than the arena, writes the Editorial Board, yet that part of the plan was scrapped after opposition from neighboring Chinatown residents.

Center City arena plan is missing its two most positive proposals | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Centenarians project

Ask Philly-area centenarians what they’ve learned in 100 years

We spoke to 14 Pennsylvanians over 100 years old for advice, wisdom, and thoughts on a life well-lived.

Lauren Schneiderman, Devi Lockwood, and Sam Morris

10 things I learned from centenarians in the Philadelphia area

Travel is memorable and always worth it. Move your body. Eat vegetables. Gratitude makes daily life sing.

Herman Whilby (left), 106, and Sarah Narvel (right), 103, pose under a balloon arch during the annual Delaware County Centenarian Celebration in Drexel Hill on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

1,428 years of wisdom

I spoke with 14 people in the Greater Philadelphia area who are close to or over 100 years old. Here’s what I learned.

Charles Malloy, 99, rests his hands on his cane as he poses for a portrait at his home in West Chester on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Age is not a destination

Recording and listening to 14 interviews with some of the oldest living Pennsylvanians has changed me.

Herman Whilby (left), 106, and Sarah Narvel (right), 103, pose under a balloon arch during the annual Delaware County Centenarian Celebration in Drexel Hill on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

1,428 years of wisdom

I spoke with 14 people in the Greater Philadelphia area who are close to or over 100 years old. Here’s what I learned.

Charles Malloy, 99, rests his hands on his cane as he poses for a portrait at his home in West Chester on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Age is not a destination

Recording and listening to 14 interviews with some of the oldest living Pennsylvanians has changed me.

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