Author Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation magazine, told Philadelphia Weekly that he thinks the Obama administration’s foreign policy is actually worse than that of his predecessor, President George W. Bush. Scahill&rsq...

Last time author Neil Gaiman philosophized in Philadelphia, his wisdom—in the form of the 2012 UArts commencement speech, exhorting grads to craft art from their lives—went viral. A year later, that speech has just been published in hardcove...

I have a mentally disabled cousin who I haven’t figured out how to help. He’s lived for more than 40 years in the same nursing home in a small, conservative town. His mental age is about 8, and he has some physical problems. He...

Change MakersIn response to Tara Murtha’s article about the Dyketactics, a group of lesbian activists whose 1975 City Hall protest set the stage for gay-rights progress in Philly:Often, roots of movements are overshadowed by current events. Kudos...

I’m a 24-year-old straight, married female. I have been religiously reading your column since I was 16. Thank you for helping me clear the hurdles of adolescence! I turn to you now for advice. Five months ago, I...

Before Julie Mannix von Zerneck grew up and became a TV actress, she was a scared, pregnant Bryn Mawr teenager whose parents had her institutionalized till the baby could go away. Four decades later, that baby, Kathy Hatfield, would finally find her. No...

History in the Making In response to Tara Murtha’s article about the Dyketactics, a group of lesbian activists whose 1975 City Hall protest set the stage for gay-rights progress in Philly: Thank you, Tara. As a member of the Hera Collective and D...

I am a 23-year-old straight male. My ex-girlfriend and I started dating in high school and continued dating until I broke up with her the summer after our freshman year in college because things felt too serious. We continued to have sex, b...

The United States’ Jewish community is well-known as one of the most progressive in the world. But that Leviticus quote anti-gay activists like to throw around: It’s totally from the Old Testament. With that in mind, we got in touch with Rab...

Steve Berman knew, like many of us do, that he was different from other boys way before he was willing to admit it to the world, especially when “the world” meant the other kids at his high school. Not only was he gay, his gayness came inext...