Opinion
This Anti-Immigration Bill Has Stalled In Harrisburg — And It Should Stay Stalled
Philly Republican state Rep. Martina White’s controversial HB 1885 bill, which would penalize and make liable municipalities with sanctuary city protections in place for undocumented residents, did […]
Don’t Blame Donald Trump for Donald Trump
My boss asked me the other day why I was writing fewer opinion pieces online than I used to. I told him the truth: that […]
OPINION: With All Due Respect, Archbishop, We Must Call Trump a Bigot
As a Philly Catholic, I read every one of Archbishop Charles Chaput’s weekly columns. I don’t do so in order to take issue with what […]
Penn Doesn’t Pay Philly Taxes. Here’s Why It Should.
A couple of months ago, my husband told me about a flier he found in our mailbox. It was from a lawyer, he said, right […]
Birth of a Nation, Luke Cage, and the Power of Black Resilience
Over the last couple of years, several amazing reports were released that felt like throwbacks to an earlier America. A 2000 Emory University study that […]
Creepy Clowns Don’t Stand a Chance Around Here
It seems the creepy clowns that first made their appearance months ago, trying to lure innocent passersby into the woods, have crossed the Mason-Dixon line […]
OPINION: Donald Trump Was Neither Sexist nor Lewd on The Apprentice
Editor’s note: This column is a guest post from Rittenhouse Square resident Erin Elmore, who was a contestant on the third season of The Apprentice […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Springsteen Signed a Fifth-Grader’s School Absence Note
At today's signing in Philly, young Michael Fenerty got a photo with his idol and a collectible excuse letter for the school principal. pic.twitter.com/7b10DOU2RN — […]
How Beyonce Made Football a Protest Space
When “Formation” came out during Super Bowl Weekend, the height of American consumption, culture and entertainment, the opening image of the music video featured Beyonce […]
OPINION: Latinos Are Not Happy With the Philly FOP’s Trump Endorsement
When the national Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Donald Trump for president, the Philadelphia FOP was bound to follow. That is how FOP Lodge #5 […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Carson Wentz Had the Best-Selling Jersey in the NFL
We won’t say that nothing good ever happens for Philly sports fans. How could we say that with this, and this, and this, and even this? We will say […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Allen Iverson Made It to the Hall of Fame
He was late for his first official duty — a press conference. Of course he was. As fellow 2016 inductee Shaquille O’Neal joked, “You’re talking about […]
OPINION: Why Donald Trump Keeps Coming to Philly
In what is becoming something of a tradition, the night before a Donald Trump Philly visit, something media-memorable happens. Last week it was Marco Gutierrez, […]
