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Shelly Yanoff with Public Citizens for Children and Youth holds a sign in support of education during a public hearing. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)
Shelly Yanoff with Public Citizens for Children and Youth holds a sign in support of education during a public hearing. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)
 
Children's advocate should be proud
Inquirer Editorial: For 25 years and more, the Philadelphia area has had a relentless advocate in Shelley Yanoff for improving the lives of children.
Two bills try to slow down property-tax change
Can’t let emotions rule on Syria
Sorry, Christie, no 'Comeback' in N.J.
A responsibility to share the burden
All pulling together for a brighter Kensington
Don’t repeat biases of the past
When gay rights meet civil rights
When a rec center wrecks sleep
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Can't let emotions rule on Syria
The murders of at least 49 children in the massacre of more than 100 villagers in the town of Houla has stoked the fires of U.S. politicians calling...
SAY WHAT? POLL
How should U.S. respond to Syrian massacre of more than 100 civilians?
Diplomatic, economic sanctions but no military intervention
Issue an ultimatum to Syrian on no more civilian attacks
Arm the antigovernment factions
Send in Air Force drones to back up rebel attacks
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inquirer opinion and editorials
Children's advocate should be prou...
Inquirer Editorial: For 25 years and more, the Philadelphia area has had a relentless advocate in Shelley Yanoff for improving...
Can’t let emotions rule on...
The murders of at least 49 children in the massacre of more than 100 villagers in the town of Houla has stoked the fires of U...
Letters to the Editor
Don’t make city unaffordableSo it has come to betting on whether the real estate-tax increases will induce flight to the...
 
One Great Idea: Mike Jerrick
Mike Jerrick suggests re-purposing the old Reading Railroad line into an elevated park, similar to New York City's High Line.
Don’t repeat biases of the...
Let’s suppose I wrote a column claiming that human intelligence was fixed and immutable, so we should accept individual...
When gay rights meet civil right...
When leaders lead, especially on difficult social issues that demand the end of an injustice or the expansion of liberty, people...
Sorry, Christie, no 'Comeback'...
What a difference three months can make. Between February, when Gov. Christie delivered his budget message, and May, the "New...
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daily news opinion and editorials
A responsibility to share the burde...
WHY ARE Philadelphia’s public schools in a financial crisis? With former superintendent Arlene Ackerman gone and the school...
All pulling together for a brighter...
The front-page article, "Firestorm: City-owned abandoned factories a threat to neighbors," is one of the most important pieces...
When a rec center wrecks sleep
City Howl: One man has a love-hate relationship with his neighborhood basketball court.
Two bills try to slow down property-tax...
AS IF THE CITY’S attempt to update its property-tax system wasn’t enough of a mess — the Actual Value Initiative...
Homeowners, don’t fight the...
A great fear seems to have come over the city as the heavy footsteps of a monster called AVI come ever closer to us.
Reader: Rendell’s Vick view...
While driving home from a business trip, I was appalled to hear former governor Edward Rendell interviewed on "The Sean Hannity...
Supreme Court tipping scales of...
JUST A FEW WEEKS before the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearings in March on the constitutionality of several parts of the Affordable...
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