Opinion
It’s Time We Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share
Republicans are doing everything they can to protect dynastic billionaires, global oligarchs and the nation’s wealthiest taxpayers.
Chuck Collins
February 19, 2023
Chuck Collins
Why There’s a ‘Great Resignation’ of Black Public School Teachers in Philadelphia
December 17, 2024
It started well before the pandemic and continues today. A key reason is experiences of racism within the larger school district that affect Black teachers across the system, but manifest differently depending on their schools’ locations.
It’s Do or Die Time for Philly Hydrogen Hub, and Some Green Groups Are Rooting for Death
December 16, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
Bucks County’s 2024 Poet Laureate Uses Poetry and Dance to Destigmatize People with Schizophrenia
December 13, 2024
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
White Fragility Leads Pennsylvania to Backtrack on Mandating Culturally Relevant Teacher Guidelines
December 11, 2024
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.
The Central Bucks Code Blue Shelter Operates for Little More Than One Median Household Income in Bucks County
December 10, 2024
The Coalition to Shelter & Support the Homeless provides the county’s unhoused individuals with more than 1,000 bed nights each year.