Lowered standards and start time changes at the high school may have been well-intentioned, but attendance and test scores continue to be shockingly bad.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Guy Ciarrocchi: When fighting crime meant fighting crime
Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker sounds like these three old-school Democrats.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Pennsylvania considers divesting public funds from China
The move follows concerns about human rights in the communist nation.
By Anthony Hennen
Delaware County Council considering five percent real estate tax increase to cover years of new spending
New projects like creating a health department and deprivatizing the county prison appear to have created permanent new revenue needs.
By Todd Shepherd
Philadelphia School District walks back professional development course on the so-called ‘genocide’ in Gaza
After complaints, the course on the ‘genocide in Gaza and the West Bank’ is no longer among the district’s offerings for educators.
By Todd Shepherd
Ben Mannes: A new direction on law enforcement in Philly? Don’t be so sure.
Parker makes a politically safe pick for Police Commissioner, the re-elected Sheriff continues to be an embarrassment, and the SEPTA and Temple Police Departments struggle for survival.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
George Hofmann: Right about unions
If Republicans want to be the party of the working class, they must make common cause with an important working class institution: unions.
By George Hofmann
Thom Nickels: My dinner with Father Shinn
Looking back on a memorable dinner and conversation with a man of God.
By Thom Nickels
State Rep. Craig Williams to jump into Attorney General race
The two-term state rep says he can win statewide where others can’t.
By Linda Stein
Becky Corbin: Police, not politics, needed to end the opioid crisis
Prescriptions are down, but overdoses are up. Stopping the flow of illegal opioids will save lives.
By Becky Corbin