The Philadelphia Inquirer
For those with a stake in Philadelphia — people looking to thrive where they live, and keep their finger on the pulse of what makes Philly, Philly — this is your essential source of information about the city and region.
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"By Yale’s sad standards, the Ivy League university’s new, high-profile report on why Americans have lost all faith in higher education deserves a grade of at least an ‘A-,'" writes columnist Will Bunch. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale-report-crisis-higher…
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"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose illiberal right-wing policies have served as a template for Donald Trump’s second term, was roundly defeated Sunday. His electoral loss, after 16 years in power, offers a lesson for those seeking to safeguard the American experiment from the president’s autocratic bent," the Editorial Board writes. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/orban-hungary-…
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“Philly is in my bones. I would not be where I am right now if not for Philadelphia,” says the journalist Julie K. Brown. Friends, family, former editors, and media colleagues say her backstory made her tough enough to expose Jeffrey Epstein, and the prosecutors who gave him a sweetheart deal in Florida. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/a/julie-k-brown…
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Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional, a divided Commonwealth Court ruled Monday. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/abortion-pennsy…
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Cooper Sharp has conquered the new-school cheesesteak. Is pizza next? 🔗 www.inquirer.com/food/cooper-sharp-pizza-cheese-20…
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While the drones have given the police department an aerial fleet of modern equipment that can increase officer effectiveness and public safety, an Inquirer examination found the program has largely operated without the type of independent oversight and transparency that other cities rely on to guard against misuse of powerful surveillance technology. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/philadelphia-po…
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We purchased 20 unregulated products marketed as psychedelic drugs from smoke shops around the Philadelphia region. Subsequent lab tests reveal a marketplace that often misleads consumers about what these products actually contain. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/a/magic-mushrooms-smoke-shop…
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Former U.S. representative and Navy vice admiral Joe Sestak offered his view of President Trump's handling of the war in Iran writing, "The Iranian conflict spotlights five principles a U.S. commander in chief should always consider before deciding to use his military." 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/iran-war-trump…
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"It should not have come as any great surprise that Vice President JD Vance and America’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern — real-estate developers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff — flew home from talks in Islamabad early Sunday with no permanent U.S.-Iran peace deal," writes Will Bunch. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran-war-profiteering-pol…
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President Donald Trump’s social media screed against Pope Leo XIV, following the U.S.-born pontiff’s criticism of the war in Iran, is reverberating from Rome to the Italian Market in South Philly. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/trump-pope-…
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