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Michael Thomas Leibrandt: Fathers and sons

June 15, 2025June 15, 2025
Michael Thomas Leibrandt

It was April 21, 1790, when nearly 28,000 people marched down the streets of Philadelphia. This wasn’t a riot. It […]

History

Thom Nickels: Sell the mansions, but keep the beauty of the church

June 13, 2025June 12, 2025
Thom Nickels
1

It was former Catholic Archbishop Chaput who made the brave but not entirely unexpected move in 2012 when he announced […]

History

Chris Gibbons: A Memorial Day tribute to “Philadelphia’s own”

May 26, 2025May 26, 2025
Chris Gibbons

On September 21, 1917, a little over five months after the U.S. formally entered World War I, the first 361 […]

Military

Paul Davis: The Navy Yard — past, present, and future

May 23, 2025May 22, 2025
Paul Davis
2

A look back at the Philadelphia Navy Yard as Governor Shapiro and the commonwealth invest $30 million in the future of the Navy Business District
By Paul Davis

History

Dire wolves in Philadelphia? Well, maybe.

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025
Michael Thomas Leibrandt
1

Imagine this, Philadelphians. You venture across an ocean in the 17th and 18th century to make your home in the […]

History

Chris Gibbons: The box in the attic

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
Chris Gibbons

The dishes arrived from Bavaria at the Girard Avenue home in Philadelphia of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kilisky in mid-June […]

Politics

Kyle Sammin: Trump isn’t an outlier — he’s the culmination of a trend

April 25, 2025April 24, 2025
Kyle Sammin
13

At Donald Trump’s address to Congress in January, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held up a sign for the cameras that […]

Community

Eric Tuwalski: What did Philadelphia learn from the 1997 Summit for America’s Future?

April 25, 2025April 24, 2025
Eric Tuwalski

I wonder how many people in our region remember the President’s Summit for America’s Future that took place in April […]

History

Michael Thomas Leibrandt: And to the earth we shall return

April 22, 2025April 21, 2025
Michael Thomas Leibrandt

Of all of Philadelphia’s old churches — some dating back to the very start of European colonization around the resource-rich […]

History

Thom Nickels: 19th-century Philadelphia’s macabre, union-organizing novelist

April 18, 2025April 17, 2025
Thom Nickels

Lippard makes Poe look like Mother Goose.
By Thom Nickels

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Op-Ed

Beth Ann Rosica: Majority of Philly-area school districts are out of step with Title IX

Beth Ann Rosica: Majority of Philly-area school districts are out of step with Title IX

schedule July 02 2025
ink_pen Beth Ann Rosica

The Trump administration is waging war against states that refuse to comply with Title IX protections for girls and women. […]

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