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After four staffers who organized the Free Library's Author Events series departed in June, writers and readers said they were concerned about participating in the series in its new form, Emma Copley Eisenberg writes.

Why are none of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Author Events free anymore?

Though the costs may seem cheap, the fees and other changes create an unnecessary barrier to entry for one of the library’s most popular and widely accessible programs.

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement convene in Maryland in January. For many attorneys, the risk of unjust accusations by the Trump administration may discourage zealous legal advocacy, Robert Bond writes.

Opinion

Trump’s memo threatening immigration attorneys is a classic bullying tactic. We lawyers can’t cave.

As the quality assurance/safety officer in charge of an arming evolution on a UH-1Y helicopter, the author directs a team of Marines through a sequence of armaments via hand signals during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, Calif., in 2014.

Opinion

The transgender military ban is a betrayal of those who have served. It feels very familiar to me.

The author, who teaches special education for the School District of Philadelphia in North Philadelphia, pictured in her classroom in 2021. She writes that the imminent dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education will grievously impact the resources available to students with disabilities in Pennsylvania.

Opinion

My special ed students need schools to be funded by both federal and state governments

Former Mayor Jim Kenney writes that the free SEPTA transit pass program is an essential way to keep helping working families — people who wake up every morning, catch a bus and a subway, and do their best to make ends meet.

Opinion

Why are none of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Author Events free anymore?

Trump’s memo threatening immigration attorneys is a classic bullying tactic. We lawyers can’t cave.

The transgender military ban is a betrayal of those who have served. It feels very familiar to me.

My special ed students need schools to be funded by both federal and state governments

Jim Kenney: Don’t let the free SEPTA transit pass program die