Commentary - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Jonathan Zimmerman writes that University of Pennsylvania president J. Larry Jameson, pictured here in a photo from April, is going to issue apologies for following the law — federal Title IX law — when Penn allowed Lia Thomas to swim on the women’s team in 2021 and 2022.

How Penn caved to authoritarianism

In April, the Trump administration warned Penn that it risked losing federal funding if it didn’t strip swimmer Lia Thomas of her records. On Tuesday, we caved.

This Independence Day, let’s live up to the idea of American freedom, writes Carolyn Steinhofer.

Opinion

For transgender people in 2025, freedom is more a dream than a reality

Vehicles pass a sign for Fort Liberty, an Army installation near Fayetteville, N.C., in 2024. The name was changed from Fort Bragg in 2023, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order in February changing it back, purportedly in honor of World War II veteran Roland L. Bragg of Maine. But since it was originally named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, Paul L. Newman writes that the renaming is a feint.

Opinion

Trump and Hegseth are doing our enemies’ work with their Confederate renaming ruse

The fifth annual Bucks-Mont Pride Festival took place Sunday at the Abington Art Center, hosted by the Welcome Project PA.

Opinion

Why Immigrant Rights Action and the Welcome Project PA joined forces now

Poles and wires came down during a June storm, causing power outages in the Philadelphia area. Climate change doesn’t just bring powerful storms and heat waves, it also fuels public health emergencies, writes Joniqua Ceasar.

Opinion

How Penn caved to authoritarianism

For transgender people in 2025, freedom is more a dream than a reality

Trump and Hegseth are doing our enemies’ work with their Confederate renaming ruse

Why Immigrant Rights Action and the Welcome Project PA joined forces now

The heat is on — and the emergency is inside our homes