When nearly half of Pennsylvania’s third graders can’t read at grade level, we don’t have an education gap; we have […]
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 […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Reclaiming education — Congress’s duty to reform the NEA
Before the extended school closures, most Americans had no idea who or what the NEA was. Fast forward five years, […]
Karen O’Keefe: It’s time for a sensible approach to cannabis in Pennsylvania
While 54 percent of Americans live in legal cannabis states, Pennsylvania unfortunately lags behind. It is one of only nineteen […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Marco Rubio gets it
Marco Rubio gets me. Of all the members of President Trump’s cabinet, all the GOP leaders — especially when talking […]
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 […]
Beth Ann Rosica: CHOP or politics? Hospital’s loyalty to Levine and WPATH tops medical caution on child transitions
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report on pediatric gender dysphoria and […]
Christine Flowers: Weaponized words can lead to terror
When the Tufts student was arrested by ICE for an op-ed she wrote condemning Israel, many protested the “criminalization” of […]
Chris Gibbons: A Memorial Day tribute to “Philadelphia’s own”
On September 21, 1917, a little over five months after the U.S. formally entered World War I, the first 361 […]