Our view: It was never about manners
This is the perfect time to look at how the Civil Rights movement was made
DATE: Sep 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Our view: The first Labor Day parade – they all smoked cigars
It was all about a show of force.
In 1869, a handful of men, among them Philadelphia tailors, founded a secret organization, a grand union, which they dubbed the Noble Order of th...
DATE: Sep 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements: 6th Judicial District Attorney Christian Champagne deserves your vote now
6th Judicial District Attorney Christian Champagne deserves your vote now
DATE: Sep 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements: Keep out of reproductive rights
Keep out of reproductive rights
DATE: Sep 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements: No on family and medical leave
One of the most significant questions on the November ballot is the creation of a paid family and medical leave enterprise within the state’s Department of Labor.
Most employers a...
DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Our view: Sports without most people
Sports without a live audience turns out to have a silver lining at the US Open
DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Our view: City Council lets BLM erect a shrine until the election. What comes next?
City Council lets BLM erect a shrine until the election. What comes next?
DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Our view: The Nazi past still with us
The Third Reich only lasted 12 years – and we still don’t know the half of it
DATE: Sep 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Our view: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
At the beginning of 1967, Atlantic-label record producer Jerry Wexler had a brilliant idea: He would take Aretha Franklin, a 24-year-old vocalist who had languished commercially on the Colum...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements
Two-thirds of a million dollars in in-kind contributions so far, is being used to advocate cutting the state’s individual and corporate tax rates from 4.63% to 4.55%. With the damage done to...
DATE: Aug 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements: A note to readers
Our endorsements will continue, addressing the 11 questions and multiple candidates, on one or two print days a week through Sat., Oct. 24. They will also be posted on the Herald’s website, ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Endorsements: Easier bingo!
In what is the least impactful question on the November ballot, voters are being asked to make it quicker for new charities to organize bingo games and raffles for their fundraisers. ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
