Organized chaos in Minneapolis. It’s been in the spotlight — understandably. ICE raids. Protests. Confrontation. Deaths. Over 3,000 arrests and […]
From the Editors: Parker deserves credit for decline in crime
This past year, 2025, saw unprecedented drops in the murder rates of cities around the country, with Philadelphia being one […]
Jeff Cole: Trash in Philly
The news tip was unlike anything we’d ever received. A visitor to an East Falls cemetery in Philadelphia complained vandals […]
Philly Palestine Day event draws objections from Jewish organizations
Controversy builds over City Hall’s upcoming Palestine Day celebration
By Beth Ann Rosica
Thom Nickels: The trash police
The current sanitation strike in the city got me thinking about the trash police that used to patrol the streets. […]
Stu Bykofsky: What makes the DC33 strike a tough nut to crack
As a matter of personal orientation, I am reflexively pro-union. My father was a union organizer, and became president of […]
Kyle Sammin: New York makes the mistake Philly avoided
New York Democratic primary voters did this week what sensible Philadelphians feared ours would do in 2023: nominated a rich […]
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: The ‘Summertime’ of the ’90s song is now a distant memory
Drums, please! The year is 1991 and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released the epitome of what it […]
Thom Nickels: Philadelphia versus the rule of law
Immigration in the U.S. used to follow a regular pattern. For centuries, until about 1910, most immigrants hailed from Western […]
