PA legislators are being paid by entities that stand to benefit from their votes to increase school funding.
By Gina L. Pope
David Hardy: Philadelphia’s school board needs to get out of charter authorizing
The school board has shown itself unable to manage the process correctly, to students’ detriment.
By David Hardy
R. Seth Williams: The majority-minority defense
Krasner’s holier-than-thou defense of his actions rings false as Philadelphians live in fear of crime and violence.
By R. Seth Williams
Andy Bloom: Fall in Philadelphia — A new season and a Philadelphia treasure, Merrill Reese
“I guess I have to face the fact as real.
I think I feel my back up against the wall.
I’m gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia.”
—Hall & Oates
By Andy Bloom
The Editors: What’s up with our unresponsive candidates?
If our Candidate Spotlight Series has taught us anything, it’s that most of our region’s establishment politicians don’t believe independent-minded voters are worthy of a response.
From The Editors
Kevin Mooney: With donations to Shapiro, trade unions fund the demise of energy sector jobs
It might appear to some that Shapiro was against the cap-and-trade tax plan before he was for it — but he has never expressed unambiguous opposition.
By Kevin Mooney
Leslie Sattler: Growing up in a post-9/11 world
For the members of Gen Z who never experienced pre-9/11 America, the day has a different meaning.
By Leslie Sattler
Craig Snyder: With the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the twentieth century truly ends
The death of Elizabeth R not only marks the end of an era, but the end of the spirit of the twentieth century.
By Craig Snyder
Fetterman piece by the New York Times lied by omission, we now know
New York Times piece on Fetterman lied by omission — and now we know.
By The Editors
Thom Nickels: A week with Homicide Detective Tom Augustine
Tom Augustine, the retired detective who interrogated Kimberly Ernest’s murderer, now calls Lauderdale-by-the-Sea home.
By Thom Nickels