Feb. 8, 2024, is a date that will live in infamy for America's failures to stop fascism, from a corrupt SCOTUS to a broken media. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 months ago

The NYT should tell readers whether it helped crooked FBI agents get Trump elected in 2016

It was arguably the most consequential " October Surprise " in the history of American presidential elections. In the waning days of the 2016 race, with polls showing Hillary Clinton clinging to a lead over Donald Trump, two last-minute stories broke that rekindled on-the-fence v … | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes

The Eagles escaped with a 20-17 win after Dicker made his fourth-quarter field goal and the Cardinals saw their chance to tie go wide right.(inquirer.com) | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Forget dog whistles — Tuberville went six-alarm racist Saturday at a Trump rally as the GOP's midterm strategy hits a new low. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Without [phones], schools see more learning, fewer fights, and calmer hallways

“Cell phones were a big distraction to the point that teachers were teaching to themselves," said one principal. "It just came to the point that we said, ‘It’s not going to work.'" | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Researchers and volunteers hope to restore the American chestnut

American chestnut trees, once numbering in the billions, have been decimated by a fungus called blight. Today there are approximately 435 million but few reproduce. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

U-2 spy planes photographed ancient buried ruins

U2 surveillance aircraft criss-crossed the globe photographing everything from 70,000 feet. The pictures, now on display at the Penn Museum, reveal a wealth of archaeological information. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

The Secret Service's missing Jan. 6 texts must be really bad, because agency higher-ups look to have committed a criminal cover-up to hide them. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Are high-tech toothbrushes better than the dentist office freebies?

Are high-tech toothbrushes with artificial intelligence to tell when you're brushing too hard worth the hype - and price tag? | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 1 year ago

Eric Boehlert's tragic death came as U.S. desperately needs to hear his message | Will Bunch

Early in the morning on April 4, Eric Boehlert - a veteran and unrelenting critic of the American news media - hit the button to publish the latest installment of his popular newsletter, Press Run. The piece - headlined " Why is the press rooting against Biden?" - stands out for … | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

A few voters tried to take over our Italian Hoagie Bracket

Everything was going according to plan — until it wasn’t. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Violence against health-care workers was rising. Then the pandemic made it worse

The pandemic has led to a surge in violence against health-care workers, particularly in overwhelmed emergency departments. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

America has a New York Times-doesn't-get-the-First Amendment problem | Will Bunch

It may be the most classic bit during the nine-season run of the iconic TV sitcom Seinfeld: The time that Jerry shows up at the airport car rental place with his reservation, only to be told there aren't any cars.(inquirer.com) | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Political bombshells here at home tie Donald Trump tightly to a criminal conspiracy on January 6. Will the attorney general find the courage to act? | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

A majority of voters are repulsed by GOP agenda of book-banning and classroom gag orders. The Dems can win with a pro-democracy message. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

WHYY has lost at least half its journalists. Many complain about pay, morale and lack of innovation

The turnover at WHYY has occurred during a time of volatility and disruption in local news media, as outlets here and across the country work to diversify their newsrooms and broaden their coverage. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

CNN anchors weep over losing Jeff Zucker while America cries over his toxic legacy | Will Bunch

Plus, Biden naming a Black woman to SCOTUS is awesome. Don’t pick the wrong one! | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

In one of the most incendiary, dangerous speeches in U.S. history, Donald Trump promised at a Texas rally mayhem if he's criminally charged. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Septa rape case is latest in a U.S. pandemic of police lying

The police disinformation about passengers watching the SEPTA rape is just one of a series of cop lies rocking the U.S. political debate. Enough is enough! | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

An Arizona Democrat's unfathomable opposition to progress is a win for her hedge-fund, Big Pharma donors, and a huge loss for democracy. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epidemic?

As Big Pharma reckons with opioids, the FDA must explain in detail where the process went wrong and what steps the agency is taking to make sure such a disaster never occurs again. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

We knew America would never be the same after 9/11. We didn’t know how bad. | Will Bunch

America responded to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with paranoia, distrust that turned on foreigners, immigrants, dissidents and finally one another. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

A bill pending before Congress — the Local Journalism Sustainability Act — is a thoughtful way to offer financial support to newsrooms without bringing them under government control. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Didi Gregorius of the Phillies had never heard of pseudogout

Gregorius was diagnosed this month with the condition as doctors finally found out why his elbow was swollen. The Phillies said it's treatable and he's playing this week in triple A. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

It’s time to cut the cord on electric vehicles – Opinion

EVs can truly bring about a transportation revolution—but not if we charge them like gas-powered cars. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 2 years ago

Why we’re removing comments on most of Inquirer.com

The comments on far too many Inquirer.com stories are toxic, and have gotten worse as mounting extremism and election denialism pollute our national discourse. Our staff and readers deserve better. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

The window for Republicans to create a multiracial working-class party closed this weekend when 49 senators nixed COVID-19 aid. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Almost 19,000 Pennsylvania voters have left the GOP since the Capitol attack

There are signs of a broader political shift under way, one that raises the prospect of a Republican primary electorate even friendlier to Trump and Trump-allied candidates. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Biden could curb right-wing extremism with one trick: Ending US' forever war

America's endless wars have helped a new generation of alienated vets — some of whom join extremist movements. Biden must curb U.S. militarism. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Woman who accused to stole Nansy Pelosy laptop intended to send it to Russia

An ex alerted the fed that Riley Williams, of Harrisburg, planned to sell the stolen laptop to Russia. Craig Bigert, the former police cadet, chose to identify himself when his photo appeared online. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

They flew from their affluent suburbs to the U.S. Capitol, ready to die for the cause of white privilege | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Pa GOP senators refused to seat Democrat, removed LtGov Fetterman from presiding

The new session of the Pennsylvania Senate got off to a chaotic start Tuesday, with Republicans refusing to seat a Democratic senator whose election victory has been certified by the state. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

The new session of the Pennsylvania Senate got off to a chaotic start Tuesday, with Republicans refusing to seat a Democratic senator whose election victory has been certified by the state. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Operation Warp Speed allocated initial doses to the states, where an inscrutable mix of state officials, public health agencies and lobbyists seem to be determining where doses should go. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

No, not that Four Seasons. How Team Trump's news conference ended up at a Northeast Philly landscaping firm.

The Trump campaign's hastily called Saturday news conference outside a Holmesburg landscaping firm captured the public's imagination and offered a fitting end to an at times slapdash campaign. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Memory sticks used to program Philly’s voting machine stolen

The discovery set off a scramble to ensure voting machines had not been compromised and to contain the fallout. City officials said the theft would not disrupt the election. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

I was a Republican governor of Pa. I'm voting for Joe Biden | Opinion

Former Gov. Tom Ridge: This will be my first vote for a Democratic candidate for president of the United States. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Hot new job title in a pandemic: ‘Head of remote work’

Some tech companies are carving out new jobs for executives to act as advocates for virtual workers and think more broadly about a lasting remote future. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

TV, media can stop a U.S. meltdown on 11/4

TV, media execs must start working now to avoid mass chaos in November. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

QAnon giving America a scary look at what a 'Biden resistance' would look like in 2021 | Will Bunch

More than 200 "Freedom for the Children" rallies give cover to the insane QAnon theory. Will Tea Party 2.0 resist Biden in '21 ... or even reelect Trump? | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

With disappearing mailboxes and thrown-out sorters, Trump and his minions have seized the post office for political gain. Here's how to fight back. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

With disappearing mailboxes and thrown-out sorters, Trump and his minions have seized the post office for political gain. Here's how to fight back. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

The Postal Service's statement came amid false attacks on mail voting by Trump, and as concerns mount about how the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt the election. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

USPS says Pa. mail ballots may not be delivered on time, and state warns of 'overwhelming' risk to voters

A new warning from the Postal Service cast fresh doubt on Pennsylvania’s ability to conduct much of the 2020 election by mail, as President Donald Trump escalates his false attacks on mail voting. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

“It’s just piles of our mail sitting in the post office," one Overbrook Park resident said. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staffed USPS struggles to keep up

“It’s just piles of our mail sitting in the post office," one Overbrook Park resident said. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

When your name gets turned against you (2008)

Don't even start with the jokes. He's heard them all before. And he is not amused. You're either broken or made stronger when you grow up in 1940s West Philadelphia and your last name is Libshitz. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago

The shocking scenes from Portland are the inevitable climax of Trump's flirtations with fascism. It may be coming to your city next. | Continue reading


@inquirer.com | 3 years ago