This study implies, to me, that major businesses should simply underwrite the costs of local newspapers in their areas because they would probably make up the costs on higher IPO and stock prices. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

OPINION: "The boat strikes must stop, and Congress should conduct a full investigation before the United States loses whatever is left of its moral authority to lead the free world." — The Inquirer Editorial Board

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic. It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.

In January, I had the honor of sharing the story of why Northeast Philly dad Lance Sugarman has a tattoo of the Wanamaker Christmas light show on his arm and why it means so much to his family. 🧵

BREAKING: The director of the Penn State Cancer Institute resigned Friday following a Spotlight PA investigation into his care of patients and leadership of the center.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. He’s been taken by ICE in Florida. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...

I’m reeling at Ben Franklin voiced by Mandy Patinkin - completely unexpected but somehow it works

"Philadelphia must keep people — not technology, not incumbency — at the center of our future." www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable cities.

The @inquirer.com Food Fest is an absolute blast!

Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor? Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark? Now available for free! Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room! Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Big news for the Philly arts scene: Ministry of Awe will have its grand opening on Saturday, March 14th at 27 N. 3rd St. in Old City. The former bank is getting six floors of fun, all organized by muralist Meg Saligman. Love seeing the arts returning to Old City.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Only use this sign in two conditions: 1). There's blood in your mouth 'cause you've been biting your tongue all week 2). You're bad news, baby, you're bad news.

ICE is out of control: “A Durango father and his two children were held in a small, windowless room and only given potato chips and water as they were held in ICE custody in Durango for 36 hours” — @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/d...

Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this

huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled. would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes. why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians. my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky

Michael Days, a pillar of Philadelphia journalism who championed young Black journalists and was beloved among reporters who worked for him at the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer, died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 72 in Trenton.

More Philly murders are solved. By rate. It’s an important measure and also a product of several interesting things happening. @ellierushing.bsky.social and I dug into the details. www.inquirer.com/crime/philad...

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close denvergov.org/Government/A...

Penn State, a land-grant institution, will pay James Franklin about $50 million to NOT coach for the next six seasons. Meanwhile, the school declined to spend about $17 million to keep WPSU on the air, choosing instead to shutter its public media company.

Hell yeah www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

Yooooooooooooooooo. Gonna do a book.

“ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture of each planned delivery in 2025, detailing the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached hungry people because of the administration’s cut.” projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Very specific question! Is anyone out there from Bucks County PA, very specifically, Council Rock region 6? I have a mission!

the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

With the other big news today, it took me disturbingly long to realize this wasn’t happening at the UN.

👋 Whether it’s via truck or @wmata.com train, we mean it when we say: *We want to meet people where they are.* Current and former federal workers.: Reach out at 917-512-0201 on Signal or propublica.org/tips 👇

I think journalists would be better off if they thought about AI like this — as the latest in a long series of technological changes that have affected human communication and information exchange, not as some unique demonic threat to all that is good and true.

Page One in Philly @inquirer.com

Dogs are allowed upstairs on WA State ferries now.

It takes a lot for me to think a MAGA politician's comments are so extreme as to be worth highlighting in a story. Ronny Jackson calling trans people "cancer" and saying they should be rounded up is that kind of story. This type of rhetoric cannot be ignored. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...

Do not miss this important journalism from my colleagues today. www.inquirer.com/news/ice-imm...

Interesting polling data: Those with unfavorable views of Donald Trump are the LEAST LIKELY to support political violence.

It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say” The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

The @wsj.com owes the nation an apology for its irresponsible reporting after the Charlie Kirk shooting. In the effort for a scoop, the Journal’s indication that the shooter was tied to transgender causes --since discredited—fueled hateful vitriol and further eroded trust in media.

Nearly 48 hours of relentless anti-trans propaganda and news reports over the murder of Charlie Kirk, and all of that for not a single shred of evidence that trans people or trans rights had anything to do with it.

Right now at #ONA2025, @inquirer.com is releasing an open-source version of our internal archive tool "Dewey", a RAG-based application built for exploring our deep historical archives and tuned for newsroom use. Contributions are most welcome! lnkd.in/eQExRABf

Just noting that New Orleans is holding one of the country’s largest journalism conferences this week

JUST IN: A judge quashed the subpoena to Boston Children's Hospital by the DoJ that sought the records of trans patients. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

An Inquirer article inspired an anonymous $1 million donation to pay off nurses’ student loans at Paoli Hospital. For Damacia Gilbert, "every little bit helps; to have any amount of money freed up every month is amazing.”

Thursday: first day of school 🚌 Saturday: “should probably re-up the COVID booster just in case, since all the kids are back together all day” 💉 Monday: older kid comes home from school and immediately tests positive 🦠

It’s official: SEPTA can begin restoring service previously halted by the mass transit agency’s steep service cuts on Sept. 14. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration on Monday approved SEPTA’s request to use its state-allocated capital dollars for operating expenses.