Editorials

Council President Kenyatta Johnson stands behind Mayor Cherelle L. Parker as she unveils her plan to build or preserve 30,000 units of housing during a special session of City Council in March. The mayor will need Council's backing if she wants her proposal to succeed, writes the Editorial Board.

Mayor Parker’s housing proposals need City Council’s support | Editorial

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker should tie her plan to borrow $800 million for housing in the city to her effort to reduce district zoning restrictions and cut red tape.

A Philadelphia firefighter walks down a burned-out Osage Avenue days after the confrontation with MOVE in May 1985. Progress addressing racism, poverty, and police brutality has been too slow and too little for too many, the Editorial Board writes.

Opinion

Four decades after MOVE, Philadelphia still struggles to learn lessons that led it to become the city that bombed itself | Editorial

The Editorial Board recommends Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, left, in the Democratic primary, and Jon Bramnick in the GOP primary for New Jersey governor.

Opinion

Democrat Steve Fulop and Republican Jon Bramnick in the primaries for New Jersey governor | Endorsement

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Opinion

In Pope Leo XIV, the world gains an American leader to counterbalance Trump’s cruelty | Editorial

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pauses during a news conference at the governor's official residence discussing the alleged arson that forced him, his family, and guests to flee in the middle of the night on the Jewish holiday of Passover in April.

Opinion

Mayor Parker’s housing proposals need City Council’s support | Editorial

Four decades after MOVE, Philadelphia still struggles to learn lessons that led it to become the city that bombed itself | Editorial

Democrat Steve Fulop and Republican Jon Bramnick in the primaries for New Jersey governor | Endorsement

In Pope Leo XIV, the world gains an American leader to counterbalance Trump’s cruelty | Editorial

Report about security failings around the arson attack on Gov. Shapiro should be made public | Editorial