The policy sparked controversy as the board reaffirmed its commitment to keeping teachers’ personal politics out of the classroom.
By Linda Stein
Jeff Hurvitz: Hobbling Philadelphia’s police
Keeping cops from doing their jobs makes the city less safe and less hospitable.
By Jeff Hurvitz
Pennsylvania House speaker may not go independent; asked to “immediately resign”
Bipartisan deal to organize the House threatens to unravel immediately.
By Anthony Hennen
Andy Bloom: We have a Speaker!
Kevin McCarthy has won the office he sought — but will he be able to do anything with it?
By Andy Bloom
“ReOpen Bucks” group asserts new documents show county health director was cut out of key Covid policy reversal
Several counties in Pennsylvania have their own health departments to chart their own course on health policy. But what does it really matter when the state can thwart that independence anytime it wants?
By Todd Shepherd
Ben Mannes: The curious case of Omar Dennis
A teen murderer given a 27-year to life sentence in 1994 was released at the behest of District Attorney Larry Krasner in 2018. Last week, he was in an armed siege with the Philadelphia SWAT Team.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Daniel Greenfield: MSNBC and the king of hate media
Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts has used MSNBC’s hate machine to divide and slander America
By Daniel Greenfield
Philadelphia Homicide Tracker – a project of Broad + Liberty
By carefully tracking each homicide, found body, and suspicious death, we hope to either provide greater confidence in the city’s published tally, or we hope to expose and correct flaws in the city’s data.
By Broad + Liberty staff and other contributors
Andy Bloom: I’m conservative – not crazy
Members of Congress holding up the people’s business are not conservatives. They are crazies.
By Andy Bloom
Thom Nickels: City Council’s proposed sprinkler ordinance looks to be costly and ineffective
The bill sponsored by Mark Squilla and Katherine Gilmore Richardson would impose massive costs on city residence without adding much to anyone’s safety.
by Thom Nickels