Opinion
Registered voters who have not yet voted will find two ballot questions on the new voting machine screen when they enter polling booths for the Primary Election next Tuesday, June […]
Read MoreThe latest COVID-19 reports indicate the stark reality of healthcare in the U.S. African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic hospitalizations and death. Georgia: In eight hospitals, […]
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Have you checked on the wellbeing of one of your elderly neighbors recently? That’s one way that ordinary people can help our overworked health professionals in dealing with some of […]
Read MoreBy Susan Spicka For most Pennsylvanians, the COVID-19 pandemic became real on March 13 when Governor Tom Wolf ordered Pennsylvania’s schools to close. While there was resistance in many quarters, […]
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Philly residents were astounded at the latest numbers of children and families being served by the city’s quality early childhood education program. This was revealed in the latest “PHLpreK by […]
Read MoreBy Councilmember Jamie Gauthier Our city’s housing market is going through a period of major change. For the first time in Philadelphia’s history, renters outnumber homeowners. Over half of those […]
Read MoreThe Administration has proposed to eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for the fourth consecutive year according to the FY21 budget proposal released today. The National Energy and Utility […]
Read MoreVision Zero advocates want red light cameras and speed cameras everywhere as if that will magically reduce traffic accidents and fatalities. For decades, traffic engineers followed a tried-and-true formula for […]
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At a 10 a.m. ceremony inside the newly-renovated The Met in North Philadelphia, Jim Kenney was sworn in for his second tour of duty as mayor of the nation’s sixth […]
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As I was delivering extra copies of the Globe Times to the McDonald’s at Woodland Avenue and 59th Street several weeks ago, a voice called to me from across the […]
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