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survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-german-chancellor-ol-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=700&height=467&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=600&height=400&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with Amy Gutmann in 2023. One week after she presented her credentials as U.S. ambassador on Feb. 17, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and enmeshed Gutmann in the greatest challenge to Western democracy since World War II, writes Trudy Rubin." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 500px, (max-width: 480px) 500px, 100vw " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard md:leading-8 md:text-8 leading-6 text-xl">Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Kurt Gutmann would have stood against appeasing Vladimir Putin, who wants to destroy Ukraine and weaken Western democracies.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/rubin_trudy/" data-card-author="Trudy Rubin">Trudy Rubin</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-24T05:30:02-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline ">59 minutes ago</time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="XQACJT6AWJDHPNUSGXC2BBE62U" data-card-author="Letters to the Editor" data-card-content-title="Letters to the Editor | Nov. 24, 2024" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/letters/letters-editor-november-24-2024-20241124.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-matt-gaetz-appears-b-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/KZZ65VVIKURMAZDOTNGRKZCVRA.jpg?auth=170e5ed69b8f0d88a8c2bf165cc171260cade2af06231dbe416793bf107e2eca&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/KZZ65VVIKURMAZDOTNGRKZCVRA.jpg?auth=170e5ed69b8f0d88a8c2bf165cc171260cade2af06231dbe416793bf107e2eca&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/KZZ65VVIKURMAZDOTNGRKZCVRA.jpg?auth=170e5ed69b8f0d88a8c2bf165cc171260cade2af06231dbe416793bf107e2eca&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/KZZ65VVIKURMAZDOTNGRKZCVRA.jpg?auth=170e5ed69b8f0d88a8c2bf165cc171260cade2af06231dbe416793bf107e2eca&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="Matt Gaetz appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington in September 2023." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/letters/letters-editor-november-24-2024-20241124.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Letters to the Editor | Nov. 24, 2024</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div 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I went to find out why." data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/blaxit-ghana-african-american-expats-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/34LK2NYG4NF7BMUEFLWBA4LANQ.jpg?auth=62b96f1350d165eb19e2810410c128ab8196a0c1780b7b7ee4ca4fe07bfb0bbd&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/34LK2NYG4NF7BMUEFLWBA4LANQ.jpg?auth=62b96f1350d165eb19e2810410c128ab8196a0c1780b7b7ee4ca4fe07bfb0bbd&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/34LK2NYG4NF7BMUEFLWBA4LANQ.jpg?auth=62b96f1350d165eb19e2810410c128ab8196a0c1780b7b7ee4ca4fe07bfb0bbd&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/34LK2NYG4NF7BMUEFLWBA4LANQ.jpg?auth=62b96f1350d165eb19e2810410c128ab8196a0c1780b7b7ee4ca4fe07bfb0bbd&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="" sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/blaxit-ghana-african-american-expats-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Ghana wants Black Americans to ‘come home.’ Many are accepting the invitation. I went to find out why.</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/armstrong_jenice/" data-card-author="Jenice Armstrong">Jenice Armstrong</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-23T05:00:03-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="A42JGEQCSFFU5BY2NJ2WMDMMC4" data-card-author="Daye Pope" data-card-content-title="Trans people won’t be safe under a second Trump presidency" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/commentary/trump-trans-gender-rights-deportation-20241122.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-daye-pope-writes-tha-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/ZGNQXW6ZXNDSJAL7CTPQZHJY64.jpg?auth=b2c07755eb2819aa19a51242b9bbd9f4c4c8804d52a2c60d6d03fd71337c9751&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/ZGNQXW6ZXNDSJAL7CTPQZHJY64.jpg?auth=b2c07755eb2819aa19a51242b9bbd9f4c4c8804d52a2c60d6d03fd71337c9751&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/ZGNQXW6ZXNDSJAL7CTPQZHJY64.jpg?auth=b2c07755eb2819aa19a51242b9bbd9f4c4c8804d52a2c60d6d03fd71337c9751&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/ZGNQXW6ZXNDSJAL7CTPQZHJY64.jpg?auth=b2c07755eb2819aa19a51242b9bbd9f4c4c8804d52a2c60d6d03fd71337c9751&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="Daye Pope writes that more than the trans community will be in jeopardy under a second Trump presidency." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/trump-trans-gender-rights-deportation-20241122.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Trans people won’t be safe under a second Trump presidency</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp ">Daye Pope</span><time dateTime="2024-11-22T05:00:05-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" 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class="mb-8 sm:mx-5"><div class="border-t-2 border-solid border-neutral-black "></div><div class=" grid-standard-topic grid grid-cols-6 sm:grid-cols-5 content-center pt-4 sm:px-0 px-5 pb-4 "><div class="col-span-4 content-center type-section-header-2"><a href="/columnists" class="pointer no-underline font-semibold text-black text-8 leading-8">Columnists</a></div><div class="grid col-span-2 sm:col-span-1 justify-items-end mx-0 type-button content-evenly"><div class="text-4.5 text-black leading-4.5 normal-case"><a href="/columnists" data-link-type="hp-more" class="pointer no-underline more-link font-extrabold bg-[url(/pf/resources/images/rightArrow.svg)] bg-[length:16px] bg-no-repeat bg-right-center pr-5 text-black">More</a></div></div></div><div class="md:grid md:grid-rows-1 md:gap-2 md:m-0" data-card-location="section-front" data-hp-package-type="packages-StoryCardList" data-hp-all-packages-layout="flex-70-30-chain|packages-StoryCardList|homepage-50-50-chain|packages-StoryCardList|flexible-chain" data-hp-package-section="/columnists" data-hp-package-label="Columnists" data-hp-package-index="2"><article class="inq-card-wrapper compact-topic-first-card hidden sm:block" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-content-id="65BIKQ57G5ERRH7HH2NH6IL5E4" data-card-author="Trudy Rubin" data-card-content-title="Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card__image-align-right inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow-compact-card"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div></div><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard md:leading-8 md:text-8">Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-1 md:text-md md:leading-5 lg:text-lg lg:leading-6">Kurt Gutmann would have stood against appeasing Vladimir Putin, who wants to destroy Ukraine and weaken Western democracies.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/rubin_trudy/" data-card-author="Trudy Rubin">Trudy Rubin</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-24T05:30:02-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline ">59 minutes ago</time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-german-chancellor-ol-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio inq-card__image-align-right" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with Amy Gutmann in 2023. One week after she presented her credentials as U.S. ambassador on Feb. 17, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and enmeshed Gutmann in the greatest challenge to Western democracy since World War II, writes Trudy Rubin." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 768px) 300px, (min-width: 480px) 200px, 500px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper compact-topic-first-card sm:hidden" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-content-id="65BIKQ57G5ERRH7HH2NH6IL5E4" data-card-author="Trudy Rubin" data-card-content-title="Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-german-chancellor-ol-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/NRW6EJNOGRGNBHZEW2PXVLI2ZU.jpg?auth=00af99da5dc7fc5db30fbd30afd8c8b1f40627eb95380bbbee1920e75ff9efe7&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w" alt="German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks with Amy Gutmann in 2023. One week after she presented her credentials as U.S. ambassador on Feb. 17, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and enmeshed Gutmann in the greatest challenge to Western democracy since World War II, writes Trudy Rubin." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 500px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard leading-8 text-8">Memories of her Holocaust survivor father guided Amy Gutmann’s tenure as ambassador to Germany</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/amy-gutmann-germany-democracy-trump-ukraine-nato-20241124.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-1">Kurt Gutmann would have stood against appeasing Vladimir Putin, who wants to destroy Ukraine and weaken Western democracies.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/rubin_trudy/" data-card-author="Trudy Rubin">Trudy Rubin</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-24T05:30:02-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline ">59 minutes ago</time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mb-4 mx-5 sm:hidden sm:mx-0"></div><div class="grid grid-rows-auto md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-4 sm:mx-0 mx-5"><div class="grid grid-rows-auto md:border-r md:border-solid md:border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray md:pr-5 top-banner-first-section-cards"><article class="inq-card-wrapper compact-topic-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-content-id="TFOQUQY4MNBUDGFSEOC3UKI6XY" data-card-author="Stephanie Farr" data-card-content-title="The new Philly-set Hallmark holiday movie with Donna Kelce is a pandering sap fest. I loved it. " data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card__image-align-right inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow-compact-card"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div></div><a href="/columnists/christmas-on-call-hallmark-movie-donna-kelce-philadelphia-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard leading-5 text-lg lg:leading-6 lg:text-xl">The new Philly-set Hallmark holiday movie with Donna Kelce is a pandering sap fest. I loved it. </h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/farr_stephanie/" data-card-author="Stephanie Farr">Stephanie Farr</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-23T06:00:05-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/columnists/christmas-on-call-hallmark-movie-donna-kelce-philadelphia-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-1x1" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-ser'darius-blain,-at-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio inq-card__image-align-right" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/QXILBHW4QZHOJKVDTR2RAG3ZKI.jpg?auth=1bfffab1d04255b30ddc70ab6f6b1808750e4c1be97ad260794f0cd1afeac336&width=760&height=760&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/QXILBHW4QZHOJKVDTR2RAG3ZKI.jpg?auth=1bfffab1d04255b30ddc70ab6f6b1808750e4c1be97ad260794f0cd1afeac336&width=200&height=200&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/QXILBHW4QZHOJKVDTR2RAG3ZKI.jpg?auth=1bfffab1d04255b30ddc70ab6f6b1808750e4c1be97ad260794f0cd1afeac336&width=150&height=150&smart=true 150w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/QXILBHW4QZHOJKVDTR2RAG3ZKI.jpg?auth=1bfffab1d04255b30ddc70ab6f6b1808750e4c1be97ad260794f0cd1afeac336&width=100&height=100&smart=true 100w" alt="Ser'Darius Blain, at left, and Sara Canning, at right, star in the new Hallmark holiday movie, "Christmas on Call," which is set in Philadelphia." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 100px, (min-width: 480px) 200px, 100px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div></div></article></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4 "></div><article class="inq-card-wrapper compact-topic-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-content-id="VRRXH4MIKBARVFELLEZTFTN54I" data-card-author="Jenice Armstrong" data-card-content-title="Ghana wants Black Americans to ‘come home.’ Many are accepting the invitation. I went to find out why." data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card__image-align-right inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow-compact-card"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="columnist-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div></div><a href="/opinion/blaxit-ghana-african-american-expats-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard leading-5 text-lg lg:leading-6 lg:text-xl">Ghana wants Black Americans to ‘come home.’ Many are accepting the invitation. I went to find out why.</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/armstrong_jenice/" data-card-author="Jenice Armstrong">Jenice Armstrong</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-23T05:00:03-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/blaxit-ghana-african-american-expats-20241123.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-1x1" role="figure" 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data-card-author="Will Bunch">Will Bunch</a> | Columnist</span><time dateTime="2024-11-21T14:07:31-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/transgender-rights-2024-election-democrats-20241121.html" data-link-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-1x1" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-semiyah-breaud,-who--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio inq-card__image-align-right" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3JIXJKHWFJGL3LA45A6QBFNLL4.jpg?auth=043de4042640e55e0cdd42c0cf7b86c15992410048dd66dfdac5896aff90b431&width=760&height=760&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3JIXJKHWFJGL3LA45A6QBFNLL4.jpg?auth=043de4042640e55e0cdd42c0cf7b86c15992410048dd66dfdac5896aff90b431&width=200&height=200&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3JIXJKHWFJGL3LA45A6QBFNLL4.jpg?auth=043de4042640e55e0cdd42c0cf7b86c15992410048dd66dfdac5896aff90b431&width=150&height=150&smart=true 150w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3JIXJKHWFJGL3LA45A6QBFNLL4.jpg?auth=043de4042640e55e0cdd42c0cf7b86c15992410048dd66dfdac5896aff90b431&width=100&height=100&smart=true 100w" alt="Semiyah Breaud, who identifies as a trans woman, raises up a transgender pride flag during the eighth annual Philly Trans March in Center City Philadelphia on Oct. 6, 2018. Several hundred people participated in the march to advocate for trans rights and remember trans victims of violence." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 100px, (min-width: 480px) 200px, 100px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div></div></article></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4 "></div><article class="inq-card-wrapper compact-topic-card" data-card-type="columnist-story-card" data-card-content-id="TVBON75LQ5CKBEUJL3K7XSOJG4" data-card-author="Scott Sturgis" data-card-content-title="2025 Hyundai Tucson: Gas-powered SUV makes the case for a hybrid " data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card__image-align-right inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding 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src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/UPHPM7OQPFFE5JH7RIOBOBE2SU.jpg?auth=607cf6583ddf5a2fe1c4be7b93cb8abd5157a14886ff4f97bd4001e8a0752ad2&width=760&height=760&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/UPHPM7OQPFFE5JH7RIOBOBE2SU.jpg?auth=607cf6583ddf5a2fe1c4be7b93cb8abd5157a14886ff4f97bd4001e8a0752ad2&width=200&height=200&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/UPHPM7OQPFFE5JH7RIOBOBE2SU.jpg?auth=607cf6583ddf5a2fe1c4be7b93cb8abd5157a14886ff4f97bd4001e8a0752ad2&width=150&height=150&smart=true 150w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/UPHPM7OQPFFE5JH7RIOBOBE2SU.jpg?auth=607cf6583ddf5a2fe1c4be7b93cb8abd5157a14886ff4f97bd4001e8a0752ad2&width=100&height=100&smart=true 100w" alt="The Hyundai Tucson gets a very nice look for 2025, especially when it comes in the author’s favorite shade of blue." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 150px, (min-width: 768px) 100px, (min-width: 480px) 200px, 100px " 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Board" data-hp-package-index="4"><article class="inq-card-wrapper md:row-span-2 md:col-span-2 col-span-2 md:col-span-1 row-span-1 sm:mx-0 -mx-5" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-content-id="A3724QVGW5C3ZDGU366QPLCDFY" data-card-author="The Inquirer Editorial Board" data-card-content-title="The Senate must reject Trump’s dangerous, unqualified cabinet nominees" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/editorials/trump-cabinet-clown-car-gaetz-oz-hegseth-gabbard-20241121.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-the-chaos,-lies-and--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3OXT5XGOSNG4TGW3PSANSCJJ2A.jpg?auth=e0c67f19f629b339f8e1e614300c6562ed2dcaee11c58457c1727aa126f1c754&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3OXT5XGOSNG4TGW3PSANSCJJ2A.jpg?auth=e0c67f19f629b339f8e1e614300c6562ed2dcaee11c58457c1727aa126f1c754&width=700&height=467&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3OXT5XGOSNG4TGW3PSANSCJJ2A.jpg?auth=e0c67f19f629b339f8e1e614300c6562ed2dcaee11c58457c1727aa126f1c754&width=600&height=400&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/3OXT5XGOSNG4TGW3PSANSCJJ2A.jpg?auth=e0c67f19f629b339f8e1e614300c6562ed2dcaee11c58457c1727aa126f1c754&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w" alt="The chaos, lies and corruption of Donald Trump’s previous term may soon seem like the good old days if the Senate bows to pressure and approves the most extreme cabinet ever, writes the Editorial Board." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 500px, (max-width: 480px) 500px, 100vw " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="editorial-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/editorials/trump-cabinet-clown-car-gaetz-oz-hegseth-gabbard-20241121.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard md:leading-8 md:text-8 leading-6 text-xl">The Senate must reject Trump’s dangerous, unqualified cabinet nominees</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="/opinion/editorials" data-card-author="The Editorial Board">The Editorial Board</a></span><time dateTime="2024-11-21T12:55:27-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-content-id="CWJ42XEB25GP7EZSIPCLAMDMWE" data-card-author="The Inquirer Editorial Board" data-card-content-title="Trump was ready to ban TikTok. Now he’s promised to save it. | Editorial" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/editorials/tiktok-trump-ban-china-social-media-data-privacy-20241121.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-there’s-good-reason--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/IFFVE7S2EI7C5U3YNY5DBBBDBE.jpg?auth=66e0cffd12833adfe60515e7fbbce50989014da71113d6df716fbca897298485&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/IFFVE7S2EI7C5U3YNY5DBBBDBE.jpg?auth=66e0cffd12833adfe60515e7fbbce50989014da71113d6df716fbca897298485&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/IFFVE7S2EI7C5U3YNY5DBBBDBE.jpg?auth=66e0cffd12833adfe60515e7fbbce50989014da71113d6df716fbca897298485&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/IFFVE7S2EI7C5U3YNY5DBBBDBE.jpg?auth=66e0cffd12833adfe60515e7fbbce50989014da71113d6df716fbca897298485&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="There’s good reason to fear China’s government may use TikTok data to its advantage as a strategic and commercial adversary of the United States, writes the Editorial Board." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="editorial-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/editorials/tiktok-trump-ban-china-social-media-data-privacy-20241121.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Trump was ready to ban TikTok. Now he’s promised to save it. | Editorial</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="/opinion/editorials" data-card-author="The Editorial Board">The Editorial Board</a></span><time dateTime="2024-11-21T05:00:05-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-content-id="6GRLCAIBIVERHK7U7M4O4HUE6Y" data-card-author="The Inquirer Editorial Board" data-card-content-title="City Council needs to take the Sixers arena proposal seriously | Editorial" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/editorials/sixers-center-city-council-arena-chinatown-hearings-20241119.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-city-council-preside-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PGJFO6V4FBFQVFF4I5P3H7CK4Q.jpg?auth=03e5c6e5269246ec591a5c4fb7781c32b52f345b922bd7c1e5e7ae68b3157f5b&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PGJFO6V4FBFQVFF4I5P3H7CK4Q.jpg?auth=03e5c6e5269246ec591a5c4fb7781c32b52f345b922bd7c1e5e7ae68b3157f5b&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PGJFO6V4FBFQVFF4I5P3H7CK4Q.jpg?auth=03e5c6e5269246ec591a5c4fb7781c32b52f345b922bd7c1e5e7ae68b3157f5b&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PGJFO6V4FBFQVFF4I5P3H7CK4Q.jpg?auth=03e5c6e5269246ec591a5c4fb7781c32b52f345b922bd7c1e5e7ae68b3157f5b&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="City Council President Kenyatta Johnson questions representatives with Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Sixers, Wednesday, on the second day of Council's hearings on the team's arena proposal." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="editorial-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/editorials/sixers-center-city-council-arena-chinatown-hearings-20241119.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">City Council needs to take the Sixers arena proposal seriously | Editorial</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="/opinion/editorials" data-card-author="The Editorial Board">The Editorial Board</a></span><time dateTime="2024-11-19T04:30:00-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-content-id="NOWZAFHFYVGNVHNRXZ5ZCDCPRU" data-card-author="The Inquirer Editorial Board" data-card-content-title="Whatever happens to the Roundhouse, the process must be transparent and benefit Philadelphia | Editorial" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/editorials/roundhouse-save-demolish-arena-center-city-chinatown-police-20241117.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-given-the-likely-dev-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/5M4WYE5R5FFJJL574NJJDE3IOM.jpg?auth=e5a29f3690e36f475292c23c373c69493d7c57106479d3fde0cfc2b2b5df275d&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/5M4WYE5R5FFJJL574NJJDE3IOM.jpg?auth=e5a29f3690e36f475292c23c373c69493d7c57106479d3fde0cfc2b2b5df275d&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/5M4WYE5R5FFJJL574NJJDE3IOM.jpg?auth=e5a29f3690e36f475292c23c373c69493d7c57106479d3fde0cfc2b2b5df275d&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/5M4WYE5R5FFJJL574NJJDE3IOM.jpg?auth=e5a29f3690e36f475292c23c373c69493d7c57106479d3fde0cfc2b2b5df275d&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="Given the likely development of the Sixers arena on East Market Street, the Roundhouse property could provide an opportunity for Chinatown to grow, writes the Editorial Board." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="editorial-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/editorials/roundhouse-save-demolish-arena-center-city-chinatown-police-20241117.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Whatever happens to the Roundhouse, the process must be transparent and benefit Philadelphia | Editorial</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="/opinion/editorials" data-card-author="The Editorial Board">The Editorial Board</a></span><time dateTime="2024-11-17T05:00:04-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-content-id="OYOQF5WFEZFLHI4PPQHYZJLE6Y" data-card-author="The Inquirer Editorial Board" data-card-content-title="Center City arena plan is missing its two most positive proposals | Editorial" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/editorials/sixers-arena-deal-chinatown-cherelle-parker-housing-20241114.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-a-rendering-of-the-7-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/7HTXMG2AI5CJNLUU7PKQOTC2TE.png?auth=b4b0a1bc6440fff6bcbd322786bb47c3552dbfad95e95f7eb8d98f1d865e29db&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/7HTXMG2AI5CJNLUU7PKQOTC2TE.png?auth=b4b0a1bc6440fff6bcbd322786bb47c3552dbfad95e95f7eb8d98f1d865e29db&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/7HTXMG2AI5CJNLUU7PKQOTC2TE.png?auth=b4b0a1bc6440fff6bcbd322786bb47c3552dbfad95e95f7eb8d98f1d865e29db&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/7HTXMG2AI5CJNLUU7PKQOTC2TE.png?auth=b4b0a1bc6440fff6bcbd322786bb47c3552dbfad95e95f7eb8d98f1d865e29db&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="A rendering of the 76ers proposed arena for Center City. An apartment tower could be a bigger game changer for the neighborhood than the arena, writes the Editorial Board, yet that part of the plan was scrapped after opposition from neighboring Chinatown residents." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="editorial-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/editorials/sixers-arena-deal-chinatown-cherelle-parker-housing-20241114.html" data-link-type="editorial-story-card" data-card-type="editorial-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Center City arena plan is missing its two most positive proposals | Editorial</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="/opinion/editorials" data-card-author="The Editorial Board">The Editorial Board</a></span><time dateTime="2024-11-14T05:00:04-05:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div></div><div class="sm:mx-5 type-section-header-2 mt-5"><div class="border-t-2 border-solid border-neutral-black sm:mx-0 mx-5"></div><div class="grid-standard-topic grid grid-cols-6 sm:grid-cols-5 content-center pt-4 pb-2 sm:px-0 px-5"><div class="col-span-4 content-center type-section-header-2"><div class="font-semibold text-black text-8 leading-8">Centenarians project</div></div><div class="grid col-span-2 sm:col-span-1 justify-items-end mx-0 type-button content-evenly"></div></div></div><section class="grid gap-4 lg:gap-6 sm:m-5 grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 pb-5 md:pb-0 flex-grid c0fJHcnhh42e6ih " data-card-location="section-front" data-hp-package-type="flexible-chain" data-hp-all-packages-layout="flex-70-30-chain|packages-StoryCardList|homepage-50-50-chain|packages-StoryCardList|flexible-chain" data-hp-package-section="No Value Set" data-hp-package-label="Centenarians project" data-hp-package-index="5"><div class="grid gap-6 grid-cols-1 auto-rows-min "><div class="box-border relative "><div class="scoreBox"><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="WYZXHU4BIRFHXI3BFPX4YPSXWA" data-card-author="Lauren Schneiderman|Devi Lockwood|Sam Morris" data-card-content-title="Ask Philly-area centenarians what they’ve learned in 100 years" data-card-content-section=""><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-custom "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/inq2/ask-centenarians-video-interviews-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=800&height=533&smart=true 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=700&height=467&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=600&height=400&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SPU5MCWCTVGGFOQ63SEZP4U26Y.jpg?auth=de35f36c6b41f23909479b980c573ef763f8925d98557175893ff51d88dc91de&width=400&height=267&smart=true 400w" alt="" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/inq2/ask-centenarians-video-interviews-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard text-3.5xl xs:text-3.5xl md:text-3.5xl lg:text-3.5xl leading-8 xs:leading-8 md:leading-8 lg:leading-8">Ask Philly-area centenarians what they’ve learned in 100 years</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/inq2/ask-centenarians-video-interviews-20240925.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="font-inquirer-text-web text-md leading-5 font-medium text-gray-dark hover:text-primary-blue">We spoke to 14 Pennsylvanians over 100 years old for advice, wisdom, and thoughts on a life well-lived.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/schneiderman_lauren/" data-card-author="Lauren Schneiderman">Lauren Schneiderman</a>, <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a>, and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="http://www.inquirer.com/author/morris_sam/" data-card-author="Sam Morris">Sam Morris</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-25T05:00:29-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div></div></div><div class="grid gap-6 grid-cols-1 auto-rows-min "><div class="box-border relative "><div class="scoreBox"><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="OHWWOHMRIBGT7B72OCQDQUCVJA" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood" data-card-content-title="10 things I learned from centenarians in the Philadelphia area" data-card-content-section=""><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-custom inq-card-custom--no-padding"><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-no-top-padding inq-card-content--closed inq-card-no-top-bottom-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/wisdom-from-100-year-old-centenarians-pennsylvania-20240927.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard text-2.5xl xs:text-2.5xl md:text-2.5xl lg:text-2.5xl leading-7 xs:leading-7 md:leading-7 lg:leading-7">10 things I learned from centenarians in the Philadelphia area</h4></a></div><div class="inq-story__header inq-card-no-promo"></div><div class="inq-card-teaser inq-card-no-padding inq-card-no-top-padding inq-card-teaser--closed"><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/commentary/wisdom-from-100-year-old-centenarians-pennsylvania-20240927.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="font-inquirer-text-web text-md leading-5 font-medium text-gray-dark hover:text-primary-blue">Travel is memorable and always worth it. Move your body. Eat vegetables. Gratitude makes daily life sing.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-27T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div></div><div class="box-border relative hr-line"><div class="line relative mx-4 sm:mx-0"></div><div class="scoreBox"><div class="mx-5 mb-8 sm:mx-0"><div class="md:grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-8 grid-rows-auto hidden overflow-hidden"><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="A3QUR24N7BGPFKSW4JWFYGQ7B4" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood" data-card-content-title="1,428 years of wisdom" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-herman-whilby-(left)-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Herman Whilby (left), 106, and Sarah Narvel (right), 103, pose under a balloon arch during the annual Delaware County Centenarian Celebration in Drexel Hill on Thursday, May 16, 2024." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h5 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard break-words">1,428 years of wisdom</h5></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">I spoke with 14 people in the Greater Philadelphia area who are close to or over 100 years old. Here’s what I learned.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-26T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="K75AR4OQFRADRETQHIHOE4UXPA" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood" data-card-content-title="Age is not a destination" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-charles-malloy,-99,--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Charles Malloy, 99, rests his hands on his cane as he poses for a portrait at his home in West Chester on Wednesday, April 24, 2024." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--opinion inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h5 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard break-words">Age is not a destination</h5></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Recording and listening to 14 interviews with some of the oldest living Pennsylvanians has changed me.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-25T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div><div class="md:hidden StripCards-mobile"><div class="grid sm:grid-cols-1 gap-y-8 overflow-hidden m-0"><div class="session-wrapper"><article class="inq-card-wrapper relative" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="A3QUR24N7BGPFKSW4JWFYGQ7B4" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood" data-card-content-title="1,428 years of wisdom" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-1x1" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-herman-whilby-(left)-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&smart=true&height=200&width=200" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&smart=true&height=200&width=200 200w, https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SIMSXDXQYRDXNM46YYIOFWAD4Y.jpg?auth=adb37cdbd3229682c9c18774790ed9e3aef65db1c31c623a9a3c25bbeb097788&smart=true&height=100&width=100 100w" alt="Herman Whilby (left), 106, and Sarah Narvel (right), 103, pose under a balloon arch during the annual Delaware County Centenarian Celebration in Drexel Hill on Thursday, May 16, 2024." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow-compact-card"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h5 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard break-words">1,428 years of wisdom</h5></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-years-old-centenarian-advice-20240926.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">I spoke with 14 people in the Greater Philadelphia area who are close to or over 100 years old. Here’s what I learned.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-26T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div><div class="session-wrapper"><article class="inq-card-wrapper relative" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-content-id="K75AR4OQFRADRETQHIHOE4UXPA" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood" data-card-content-title="Age is not a destination" data-card-content-section="opinion"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-1x1" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-charles-malloy,-99,--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&smart=true&height=200&width=200" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&smart=true&height=200&width=200 200w, https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/JXPLEOZ6F5DLJDDDA3OYOTTLQI.jpg?auth=0a66df2c63f8f036dbcbcc44dbb7b4b2ec05215690e1118b82dbae66fd3b83bb&smart=true&height=100&width=100 100w" alt="Charles Malloy, 99, rests his hands on his cane as he poses for a portrait at his home in West Chester on Wednesday, April 24, 2024." sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class="inq-eyebrow type-opinion-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding"><div class="inq-eyebrow-compact-card"><div class="inq-eyebrow--text"><a data-link-type="opinion-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion" title="Opinion">Opinion</a></div></div></div><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" data-link-type="opinion-story-card" data-card-type="opinion-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h5 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard break-words">Age is not a destination</h5></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/opinion/commentary/100-year-old-interviews-why-we-did-it-20240925.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Recording and listening to 14 interviews with some of the oldest living Pennsylvanians has changed me.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lockwood_devi/" data-card-author="Devi Lockwood">Devi Lockwood</a></span><time dateTime="2024-09-25T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details 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On Feb. 27, only three days after the start of the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a historic speech stating that the Russian invasion was a turning point — <a href=\"https://www.gmfus.org/news/zeitenwende-dawn-deterrence-era-germany\" target=\"_blank\">a <i>Zeitenwende</i> </a>— in European history and German foreign policy. For decades, Germany had relied on increased economic ties with Moscow to preserve peace with Russia, notably with the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline deal. The invasion was a wake-up call for Berlin."},{"_id":"66YROSEWUVEZLDEOOQTNNL5WLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843304},"type":"text","content":"Scholz, whose Social Democratic Party was historically pacifist, recognized that Germany could no longer assume war had been banished from Europe, or that it could rely mainly on the U.S. defense umbrella. The chancellor announced an end to the Nord Stream 2 contract, and a plan to modernize the German military and spend over $100 billion to do it, along with a commitment (now fulfilled) to meet the NATO target of 2% of GDP for defense spending."},{"_id":"TFJNBSQQJBCULNYALT4PO3IOVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843305},"type":"text","content":"“It was truly a historic turning point,” Gutmann said. After a rocky start — when Berlin offered only to send 5,000 helmets to Ukraine — Germany has become the second-largest contributor of military aid to Kyiv, the largest contributor of humanitarian aid, and host to one million Ukrainian refugees."},{"_id":"MLSS3GPKZNDFXCDA4HNFVM7AQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843306},"type":"text","content":"“Germany went from being one of our biggest problems vis a vis Putin to lock step together with the United States,” she said. “I saw a huge shift in thinking from Russia as benign to Russia as an existential threat to Germany.”"},{"_id":"GAANZ4UN4JFS7NY77ITDSGQX6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843307},"type":"text","content":"During her tenure, Moscow upped its criminal operations inside Europe, including in Germany. From assassinations on Russian exiles, including one in a Berlin park, to cutting key European pipelines, engaging in massive disinformation campaigns and cyberwarfare, and serious efforts to manipulate European elections. There was even a thwarted attempt to murder a top German businessman."},{"_id":"URIV7II2AVE3DIUAIHS5XDJN4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843308},"type":"text","content":"“Russia clandestinely acts as a terrorist organization against the United States and its allies,” Gutmann said. “The only way we can defend against this is by sharing intelligence with key European partners. I saw firsthand how critical this sharing was.”"},{"_id":"5ZWZCRKVEVAXNJZI6DQN2EM3L4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732225951736},"type":"text","content":"While she was ambassador, “Eighty percent of Congress came through Germany, many to my dining room with German officials, a lot of Republicans as well as Democrats, and to a person they were all pro-Ukraine,” she said."},{"owner":{"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","address":{"locality":"Berlin","country_name":"DEU"},"auth":{"1":"a3a1ec87a58b700e6dc3924bc0b66db800a9a10fb09baddafab9f244575f7f40"},"caption":"U.S. Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann and U.S. Air National Guard Director Lieutenant General Michael A. 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Any likely coalition will assuredly continue to support Ukraine. (I believe a conservative-led coalition might even be more willing to send Kyiv its much-desired Taurus missiles, now that the U.S. has authorized use of American-made long-range ATACMS on Russian soil.)"},{"_id":"GYAS5OLMSFGRFD6OI4AQBJ3RVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843313},"type":"text","content":"“They won’t turn back,” Gutmann said about German support for Ukraine. “Will we?”"},{"_id":"5IOXVUSLE5C4BM2V6VWLGG4IBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732225951742},"type":"text","content":"She referred of course to German angst about the result of the U.S. presidential election and the very real possibility that President-elect Donald Trump will cut off aid to Ukraine if it won’t capitulate to Putin."},{"_id":"CRLXSBHBOBAAPPMQNVBNFXKAJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843314},"type":"text","content":"When I asked if Europe could go it alone in helping Ukraine push Russia back, perhaps led by Germany, her answer was sharp and simple: No."},{"_id":"YGCOZTE3FBFMXGFIYJRVH33WVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843315},"type":"text","content":"Although Europe gives more aid than we do to Ukraine, it doesn’t have the weapons production capability or key systems that only the U.S. can deliver. 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Moreover, added Gutmann, “Germany doesn’t want to lead alone” because of its history, nor does it have U.S. backing to do so. “Europe alone cannot win against a rising flood tide of autocratic aggression,” she said."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"© Copyright The Philadelphia Inquirer 2024","address":{},"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":true},"auth":{"1":"1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5"},"caption":"Amy Gutmann at Penn in her office, in Philadelphia in September.","source":{"system":"betadam","name":"Staff","source_type":"staff","source_id":"3526044","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center","content_type":"betadam_image"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"2bfa6f75-ec01-48bc-b342-d5ea45009d50"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer","type":"author"}]},"subtitle":"AMY-09-27-24-353","width":3600,"_id":"DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/yoDgYIQGpAka1ETM1xJAfiJXqhY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","iptc_source":"The Philadelphia Inquirer","comments":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"AMY-09-27-24-353","keywords":["2024","september 18"],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/yoDgYIQGpAka1ETM1xJAfiJXqhY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","takenOn":"2024-09-18T16:32:31Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/yoDgYIQGpAka1ETM1xJAfiJXqhY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/nidfREDr4-pLmPQ6AEOx2jbcyuM=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg","version":1,"originalName":"AMY-09-27-24-353356.JPG","visible_to_search":true,"adapter_version":"0.7.1.dev0","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"expiry":"never","_id":"3TL65SC6NZFQNEA7VZSZXC2W3I","iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2024-09-18T19:53:48Z","last_updated_date":"2024-09-25T14:41:40Z","publish_date":"2024-09-18T16:32:31.000Z","slug":"AMY-09-27-24-353","height":2400,"imageWebUrl":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=760&smart=true","imgSrcSet":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=800&height=533&smart=true 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=700&height=467&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=600&height=400&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/DUSPGM7IMZFAFM2ZWRY77R52HU.jpg?auth=1062b73925ea6cca3d1ad2622ae5538376f2941a2afd3ac779f4cbcc942a24d5&width=400&height=267&smart=true 400w"},{"_id":"2XHCIAFEPFGJ7INQW3VOGJYZVE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843312},"type":"text","content":"If Putin is permitted to swallow Ukraine, he will seek to undermine the United States (irrespective of any bromance with Trump) and threaten allies with expansion. What Germans fear most, is that he will start with Moldova, Poland, and the Baltics, then move on from there. Without U.S. backing, the strongest defensive alliance in history, NATO, would come apart."},{"_id":"NNS7WCCHJNEKVJPVXBTEPTEA4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843317},"type":"text","content":"“We would be foolish to underestimate the Russian level of threat to democracies,” Gutmann insisted."},{"_id":"GQLHDFTWRJAGNF3GYX5VD2EKH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732228712577},"type":"text","content":"“Europe has long taken its cues from the U.S for security and on outside aggression,” Gutmann explained. “If Europe has to go it alone, Ukrainian democracy loses out big time to Russia’s brutal, unprovoked aggression. Energy prices rise, democratic security declines worldwide. Never has the need for allies been greater.”"},{"_id":"S3M54YCBBVFQ7CRPQY6Q5PFCXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843319},"type":"text","content":"“We allies must hang together,” she added, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin, “or assuredly we will all hang separately.” Germany’s anxious query is whether this matters to Trump."},{"_id":"G2VZ4X25ENHNFFTA7GXG3I7XQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843320},"type":"text","content":"That question turns Gutmann’s thoughts again to her father."},{"_id":"LYXVAP4CFJDRVKUVA6TOVVUQTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843321},"type":"text","content":"“He would say inaction and silence is injustice. We have to combat Putin. 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When the polls closed, the nation had decided that it wanted to reinstate the former president, who has been convicted of <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-jury-deliberations-verdict-20240530.html\" target=\"_blank\">felony crimes</a> and found liable for <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/trump-e-jean-carroll-rape-case-verdict-20230509.html\" target=\"_blank\">sexual abuse</a>; who wants to <a href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-defund-schools-teach-155006275.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0d9cM4skaLYCway-Evvpq82u-Zm2KE3ZGmL9ZG9kUDDsmxEQeLD5ZVst3Y9_HIVv9OOSqEj3DUcSIb6fi4-K1eIkxspL3yvAZ6y4ibh1v381cfLq3GdTVuAJZErvFAvbVQWCh-N0FPb5i3GPUsv-WBYFG1McXK4B4TsLRmMJCO\" target=\"_blank\">cut off federal funding for schools</a> that teach the true history of slavery, and who plans to<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/us/politics/trump-military-mass-deportation.html\" target=\"_blank\"> carry out mass deportations</a> of undocumented immigrants."},{"_id":"JEE44YZKEVF2DP3Z3FBT3AKAFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732135094146},"type":"text","content":"The thought of watching Trump prepare to get sworn back into an office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol — the same building that his followers desecrated on Jan. 6, 2021 after Trump lost the 2020 election — sickened me. I thought that this was a perfect time to put the United States in my rearview mirror for a while."},{"_id":"JEE44YZKEVF2DP3Z3FBT3AKAFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732135094146},"type":"text","content":"Apparently, a lot of other Americans feel the same way — only many of them are considering making it a permanent departure."},{"_id":"BHSLTVMHKFDJPIY5TUWYCPY6JE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473425},"type":"text","content":"Since the election, social media <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/20/business/golden-visas-americans-trump-election/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">has been buzzing</a> as those who are disappointed with Trump’s win — and are legitimately concerned for their well-being given his caustic rhetoric and stated intention to exact “retribution” on his political foes — are considering leaving the United States for at least the next four years."},{"_id":"OSQKVU4RMBGQBE2HK5IR2APYNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473426},"type":"text","content":"CNN reported that a village in rural Italy <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/19/travel/italian-village-ollolai-wants-americans-election-one-dollar-homes/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">is selling houses for about $1</a> to lure disaffected Americans. 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My trip here was an attempt to learn more about Americans who’ve already made the decision to move to Africa, and those who were still considering doing so. I chose this beautiful nation of 35 million people on the northern edge of the Gulf of Guinea because its leaders issued a passionate appeal to people like me: In 2018, Ghana’s president, <a href=\"https://comsats.org/team/nana-addo-dankwa/\" target=\"_blank\">Nana Akufo-Addo</a>, traveled to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCvjz5rQ1g\" target=\"_blank\">invited descendants</a> of the transatlantic slave trade to “come home.”"},{"_id":"AOWKPAAWFNE45I3EZI56HSQ7KQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473428},"type":"text","content":"Akufo-Addo designated 2019 as “<a href=\"https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2018-march-2019/2019-year-return-african-diaspora\" target=\"_blank\">The Year of the Return</a>,” an initiative timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Va."},{"_id":"JUZ2BPF2U5DJVOSZZWCQ2CYYGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473429},"type":"text","content":"It was so successful, tourism officials created <a href=\"https://beyondthereturngh.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Return</a>, a decade-long effort to encourage people from throughout the African diaspora to return to the continent. During my stay, I’ve interviewed scores of Black Americans and attended a ceremony on Tuesday during which 524 people <a href=\"https://www.mint.gov.gh/524-african-diasporas-granted-ghanaian-citizenship/\" target=\"_blank\">took their oaths of allegiance</a> and<a href=\"https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-urges-diasporans-granted-Ghanaian-citizenship-to-contribute-to-the-nation-s-development-1960761#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\"> became citizens of Ghana</a>."},{"_id":"OSQKVU4RMBGQBE2HK5IR2APYNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473430},"type":"text","content":"I also came to quickly understand Ghana’s allure. Shortly after I stepped off the plane in Accra, the nation’s capital city, I felt hope when I spotted a large sign with the word <i>Akwaaba</i>, meaning welcome. Once outside, I looked up at the moon and said a silent prayer of thanksgiving."},{"_id":"KWOLP4MHYRCF7FFLJFYW2K6PCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732143741462},"type":"text","content":"My ancestors had been shipped into bondage from somewhere on this continent, never to return. I thought about my late parents, grandparents, and my paternal great-grandfather, <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/1619-africans-slaves-philly-michael-coard-jenice-armstrong-20190823.html\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Armstrong</a>, and all that they had endured in the segregated South."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"address":{},"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"auth":{"1":"d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba"},"caption":"A photo of Robert Armstrong, Jenice Armstrong's great-grandfather, who according to family lore, was born into slavery.","source":{"system":"betadam","name":"UGC","source_type":"other","source_id":"1750930","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center","content_type":"betadam_image"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"custom","name":"UGC","category":"other"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","geo":{},"licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Handout","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jenice Armstrong","type":"author","byline":"Jenice Armstrong"}]},"subtitle":"Photos - user-contributed - armstrj%40phillynews.com-34","width":1500,"_id":"PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","comments":[],"keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/woPQgMlCJ_-t9GFaDY5wgDETyY4=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","version":2,"originalName":"armstrj%40phillynews.com-34.jpg","visible_to_search":true,"adapter_version":"0.5.0","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"expiry":"never","_id":"LH22JVEOC5HAHAQHLXXYIRVNRA"},"created_date":"2019-08-23T14:43:01Z","last_updated_date":"2019-08-23T22:40:09Z","publish_date":"2019-08-23T14:42:02.000Z","height":2100,"image_type":"photograph","imageWebUrl":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=760&smart=true","imgSrcSet":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=800&height=1120&smart=true 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=700&height=980&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=600&height=840&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=500&height=700&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=400&height=560&smart=true 400w"},{"_id":"BI4ASMKVXVFTFENB4JBEOKVFII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473433},"type":"text","content":"I knew they would be proud that I had made this trip, but also curious. Like most Black Americans, we don’t know which nations our earliest ancestors called home — only that they were likely dragged through Ghana along with millions of others and held in one of its slave dungeons before being shipped to the Americas."},{"_id":"5W3CGRVA2VC2HNR4224A5KBGRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732143741464},"type":"text","content":"The idea of Black Americans “repatriating” to Africa is centuries old. W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote his landmark sociological study <i>The Philadelphia Negro</i> and numerous other books, is the most famous Black American expat of modern times. A leader in the pan-African movement, Du Bois moved to Ghana at the age of 93, in 1961, at the request of the country’s first president, <a href=\"https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/nkrumah-kwame\" target=\"_blank\">Kwame Nkrumah</a>, to work on the <a href=\"https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/w-e-b-dubois-and-making-encyclopedia-africana-1909-1963/\" target=\"_blank\">Encyclopedia Africana</a>. One of our first stops in Accra was at the bungalow where Du Bois lived, which is now <a href=\"https://visitghana.com/attractions/w-e-b-dubois-centre/\" target=\"_blank\">a museum</a> and meeting spot."},{"_id":"73FSTWB4BJBOHCGT3IMDWAZZ3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732181387456},"type":"text","content":"I was surprised by how many American accents I heard in Accra. They were doctors, lawyers, retired schoolteachers, counselors, and other walks of life. One was a Fulbright scholar who had taught in Philly before settling in Accra. I encountered them in hotel elevators and lounging poolside."},{"_id":"LFTYNAQWKFBC5MQLBXONOPY3RU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473438},"type":"text","content":"Estimates are that as many as <a href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/8/25/a-tale-of-two-cities-diaspora-influx-hikes-cost-of-living-for-ghanaians\" target=\"_blank\">1,500 Black American expats have moved into the country</a> since 2020. The venerable <a href=\"https://aaaghana.org/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Association of Ghana</a> has more than 300 paid members. 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Now, with Republicans controlling both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Trump is emboldened to try again and this time, he may very well succeed."},{"_id":"CB5J4GXPGZH2HEC2R5FHFOGY4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732147888855},"type":"text","content":"Currently, 45 million Americans rely on the ACA <a href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/03/22/celebration-10-years-aca-marketplaces-biden-harris-administration-releases-historic-enrollment-data.html#:~:text=Across%20coverage%20groups%2C%20a%20total,the%20highest%20total%20on%20record.\">for their health care coverage,</a> the highest number of subscribers on record. This includes<a href=\"https://www.pennlive.com/health/2024/01/obamacare-usage-soars-in-pa-in-2024-as-us-also-sets-record.html\"> 435,000 Pennsylvanians</a>. 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Our so-called leaders should never have committed troops and resources to such wars unless they themselves are willing to get on the front lines. While on active duty at the Pentagon I visited our war memorials. If those who are honored by those monuments could speak today, I am certain they would echo my sentiments. To protect those in uniform, we must demand from our elected leaders that they will never again commit us to senseless wars that are not winnable and not in our national interest."},{"_id":"4EKPJD2UCZBSNAUBMURJHD4FYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732139142957},"type":"text","content":"<b>Matt Drozd</b>, <i>retired, Lt. Col. 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Matt Gaetz (since withdrawn) as attorney general, Pete Hegseth and defense secretary, Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of health, to name a few. They argue that Trump won a mandate this election and deserves to have top advisers “that he’s comfortable with.” Each candidate should receive full consideration, and indeed, that is the custom, they say."},{"_id":"RZSPX6Q65ND2HMDM3CNQIZWRFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732147888866},"type":"text","content":"I waited (fruitlessly) for news hosts to ask a question like this one: If a child were to be elected president, shouldn’t that child have highly qualified people as his principal advisers or is it more important that he have fellow children to play with? Yet most of these candidates will fly through a Republican-controlled Senate. Why? Because the U.S. is in a state similar to that of the Cold War in the 1960s, where most people felt that if Russia was for it, we’re against it and if they’re against it, we’re for it. This new cold war is between red state Americans and blue staters. The Trump base is for anything that the heathen Democrats are against. So even though the candidates are so unqualified as to be dangerous, voting them in will be big pokes in the eyes to the libs. That is the state of the Republican Party as it exists today."},{"_id":"I4H7FLKCVJFGLFZZDT43SQIIJQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732147888867},"type":"text","content":"<b>David W. 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As a higher education professional invested in elevating student outcomes and experiences for more than 20 years, I find this tool too simplistic to even approach accuracy."},{"_id":"EIYXARO6EFFBXHFT5G6DF7BSOA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732147888870},"type":"text","content":"There is no question that higher education is at an inflection point, facing head winds perhaps unlike any other in our nation’s history — just consider the abrupt shutdown of the University of the Arts in June, and the ongoing closures of institutions like Cabrini University. In this climate, there is real concern that reliance on such tools as the index used by The Inquirer will hinder, not support, the industry in surmounting challenges and staying the course of growth."},{"_id":"L66KE22BIVDF7BSIPP3G7R3TZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732147888871},"type":"text","content":"Not only that, but a single tool such as the index cannot provide certainty and alleviate anxiety by generating a rating that only tells a partial story. For example, when looking at the institution that I lead, La Salle University, how does the index tool measure<a href=\"https://www.lasalle.edu/news/la-salle-welcomes-largest-new-undergraduate-class-in-four-years/\"> the 2024 fall incoming class of freshman and transfer students</a> that was the largest in four years, a 23% increase from the previous year? Can the index take into account retention rates that improved nearly 8 percentage points in the last four years? 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What Germans fear most, is that he will start with Moldova, Poland, and the Baltics, then move on from there. Without U.S. backing, the strongest defensive alliance in history, NATO, would come apart."},{"_id":"NNS7WCCHJNEKVJPVXBTEPTEA4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732223843317},"type":"text","content":"“We would be foolish to underestimate the Russian level of threat to democracies,” Gutmann insisted."},{"_id":"GQLHDFTWRJAGNF3GYX5VD2EKH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732228712577},"type":"text","content":"“Europe has long taken its cues from the U.S for security and on outside aggression,” Gutmann explained. “If Europe has to go it alone, Ukrainian democracy loses out big time to Russia’s brutal, unprovoked aggression. Energy prices rise, democratic security declines worldwide. 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If you thought you were making it out of a formulaic Hallmark Christmas movie about Philly with less than 17 cheesesteak references and at least one <i>Rocky</i> reference, you thought wrong."},{"_id":"XPQW35DAIRG4NEB5WAGUK756JI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732316098476},"type":"text","content":"At the unnamed cheesesteak shop where they meet Donna Kelce, whose character is also named Donna, Hannah asks for a menu and Donna tells her they don’t have one."},{"_id":"I4AGUJOA3RBUPI7YAJWWN5RT3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732316098477},"type":"text","content":"“Do you want onions?” Donna asks. “Whiz or Whizout?”"},{"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"auth":{"1":"f9656d9249fe90c0a640d481c84d9f2e75088a03fa1c90cb1dee8dc17e916d77"},"caption":"Donna Kelce, at left, in a scene with the leads of the new Philly-set Hallmark holiday movie, \"Christmas on Call.\" At back right is Ser'Darius Blain and at front right is Sara Canning.","source":{"system":"betadam","name":"user contributed","source_type":"other","source_id":"3528227","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center","content_type":"betadam_image"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","geo":{},"licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Courtesy of ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman","type":"author","byline":"Courtesy of ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Steven Ackerman"}]},"additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/AtUr_sMOGVJK-C8MAPKgyEIm4B0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","iptc_source":"sfarr@inquirer.com #submittedIma","comments":[],"iptc_job_identifier":"HALLMARK-CHIEFS-10-03-24","keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/AtUr_sMOGVJK-C8MAPKgyEIm4B0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/AtUr_sMOGVJK-C8MAPKgyEIm4B0=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/I8t8cdtCYjUEWILWIc2Z93upcXc=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","version":3,"originalName":"HALLMARK-CHIEFS-10-03-24-14.jpg","visible_to_search":true,"adapter_version":"0.7.1.dev0","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"expiry":"never","_id":"STHDE2XXJJCZFBTKUI6MUQVYEE"},"last_updated_date":"2024-10-02T17:37:08Z","height":3449,"image_type":"photograph","owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"address":{},"distributor":{"modifiedAt":"2022-02-01T15:21:48.785Z","allowAll":true,"description":"","restrictions":[],"mode":"custom","organizationId":"4fac40ed-2d11-474b-848a-f894791db5f0","archived":false,"createdAt":"2022-02-01T15:21:48.785Z","createdBy":"MCost@inquirer.com","organization":{"name":"pmn","id":"4fac40ed-2d11-474b-848a-f894791db5f0"},"organization_id":"4fac40ed-2d11-474b-848a-f894791db5f0","name":"User Contributed","modifiedBy":"MCost@inquirer.com","id":"b60bffef-20df-4f29-9585-886777862955","category":"other","subcategory":"","contentTypes":[{"name":"image"}]},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/57TNVPUDYBCZLF2TCZREC3WLWU.jpg","unpublishedStoryUses":0,"subtitle":"Photos - 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When the polls closed, the nation had decided that it wanted to reinstate the former president, who has been convicted of <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-jury-deliberations-verdict-20240530.html\" target=\"_blank\">felony crimes</a> and found liable for <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/trump-e-jean-carroll-rape-case-verdict-20230509.html\" target=\"_blank\">sexual abuse</a>; who wants to <a href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-defund-schools-teach-155006275.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF0d9cM4skaLYCway-Evvpq82u-Zm2KE3ZGmL9ZG9kUDDsmxEQeLD5ZVst3Y9_HIVv9OOSqEj3DUcSIb6fi4-K1eIkxspL3yvAZ6y4ibh1v381cfLq3GdTVuAJZErvFAvbVQWCh-N0FPb5i3GPUsv-WBYFG1McXK4B4TsLRmMJCO\" target=\"_blank\">cut off federal funding for schools</a> that teach the true history of slavery, and who plans to<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/us/politics/trump-military-mass-deportation.html\" target=\"_blank\"> carry out mass deportations</a> of undocumented immigrants."},{"_id":"JEE44YZKEVF2DP3Z3FBT3AKAFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732135094146},"type":"text","content":"The thought of watching Trump prepare to get sworn back into an office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol — the same building that his followers desecrated on Jan. 6, 2021 after Trump lost the 2020 election — sickened me. I thought that this was a perfect time to put the United States in my rearview mirror for a while."},{"_id":"JEE44YZKEVF2DP3Z3FBT3AKAFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732135094146},"type":"text","content":"Apparently, a lot of other Americans feel the same way — only many of them are considering making it a permanent departure."},{"_id":"BHSLTVMHKFDJPIY5TUWYCPY6JE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473425},"type":"text","content":"Since the election, social media <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/20/business/golden-visas-americans-trump-election/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">has been buzzing</a> as those who are disappointed with Trump’s win — and are legitimately concerned for their well-being given his caustic rhetoric and stated intention to exact “retribution” on his political foes — are considering leaving the United States for at least the next four years."},{"_id":"OSQKVU4RMBGQBE2HK5IR2APYNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473426},"type":"text","content":"CNN reported that a village in rural Italy <a href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/19/travel/italian-village-ollolai-wants-americans-election-one-dollar-homes/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">is selling houses for about $1</a> to lure disaffected Americans. Even before the votes were counted, a Jewish friend who was concerned about rising antisemitism told me she had secured a German passport just in case she needs to flee the country."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"address":{},"auth":{"1":"c979946c409c5e2360db18a6dbe04e39d41ba5a3becfcb697d73ffd62bcbe0fe"},"caption":"Four Philadelphia-area natives — Nykisha Madison-Keita, Wanida Lewis, Beverly Booker Ammah, and Tamica Atubga — who have each either moved to Ghana or are in the process of doing so, gathered last week at the monthly meeting of the African American Association of Ghana at the W.E.B. 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My trip here was an attempt to learn more about Americans who’ve already made the decision to move to Africa, and those who were still considering doing so. I chose this beautiful nation of 35 million people on the northern edge of the Gulf of Guinea because its leaders issued a passionate appeal to people like me: In 2018, Ghana’s president, <a href=\"https://comsats.org/team/nana-addo-dankwa/\" target=\"_blank\">Nana Akufo-Addo</a>, traveled to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCvjz5rQ1g\" target=\"_blank\">invited descendants</a> of the transatlantic slave trade to “come home.”"},{"_id":"AOWKPAAWFNE45I3EZI56HSQ7KQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473428},"type":"text","content":"Akufo-Addo designated 2019 as “<a href=\"https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2018-march-2019/2019-year-return-african-diaspora\" target=\"_blank\">The Year of the Return</a>,” an initiative timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Va."},{"_id":"JUZ2BPF2U5DJVOSZZWCQ2CYYGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473429},"type":"text","content":"It was so successful, tourism officials created <a href=\"https://beyondthereturngh.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Return</a>, a decade-long effort to encourage people from throughout the African diaspora to return to the continent. During my stay, I’ve interviewed scores of Black Americans and attended a ceremony on Tuesday during which 524 people <a href=\"https://www.mint.gov.gh/524-african-diasporas-granted-ghanaian-citizenship/\" target=\"_blank\">took their oaths of allegiance</a> and<a href=\"https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-urges-diasporans-granted-Ghanaian-citizenship-to-contribute-to-the-nation-s-development-1960761#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\"> became citizens of Ghana</a>."},{"_id":"OSQKVU4RMBGQBE2HK5IR2APYNY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473430},"type":"text","content":"I also came to quickly understand Ghana’s allure. Shortly after I stepped off the plane in Accra, the nation’s capital city, I felt hope when I spotted a large sign with the word <i>Akwaaba</i>, meaning welcome. Once outside, I looked up at the moon and said a silent prayer of thanksgiving."},{"_id":"KWOLP4MHYRCF7FFLJFYW2K6PCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732143741462},"type":"text","content":"My ancestors had been shipped into bondage from somewhere on this continent, never to return. I thought about my late parents, grandparents, and my paternal great-grandfather, <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/1619-africans-slaves-philly-michael-coard-jenice-armstrong-20190823.html\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Armstrong</a>, and all that they had endured in the segregated South."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"address":{},"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"auth":{"1":"d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba"},"caption":"A photo of Robert Armstrong, Jenice Armstrong's great-grandfather, who according to family lore, was born into slavery.","source":{"system":"betadam","name":"UGC","source_type":"other","source_id":"1750930","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center","content_type":"betadam_image"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"custom","name":"UGC","category":"other"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","geo":{},"licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Handout","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jenice Armstrong","type":"author","byline":"Jenice Armstrong"}]},"subtitle":"Photos - user-contributed - armstrj%40phillynews.com-34","width":1500,"_id":"PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","comments":[],"keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/dmRbGJpcMd7sk5cnJXbuURi_gHU=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/woPQgMlCJ_-t9GFaDY5wgDETyY4=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn/public/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg","version":2,"originalName":"armstrj%40phillynews.com-34.jpg","visible_to_search":true,"adapter_version":"0.5.0","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"galleries":[],"expiry":"never","_id":"LH22JVEOC5HAHAQHLXXYIRVNRA"},"created_date":"2019-08-23T14:43:01Z","last_updated_date":"2019-08-23T22:40:09Z","publish_date":"2019-08-23T14:42:02.000Z","height":2100,"image_type":"photograph","imageWebUrl":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=760&smart=true","imgSrcSet":"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=800&height=1120&smart=true 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=700&height=980&smart=true 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=600&height=840&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=500&height=700&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PPCFYQBSABFABFAIZH256JAUVE.jpg?auth=d31dd892214b94a7dd02655e4658bdc68c2a3c6efd20108e3402ae9b7ad99eba&width=400&height=560&smart=true 400w"},{"_id":"BI4ASMKVXVFTFENB4JBEOKVFII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473433},"type":"text","content":"I knew they would be proud that I had made this trip, but also curious. Like most Black Americans, we don’t know which nations our earliest ancestors called home — only that they were likely dragged through Ghana along with millions of others and held in one of its slave dungeons before being shipped to the Americas."},{"_id":"5W3CGRVA2VC2HNR4224A5KBGRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732143741464},"type":"text","content":"The idea of Black Americans “repatriating” to Africa is centuries old. W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote his landmark sociological study <i>The Philadelphia Negro</i> and numerous other books, is the most famous Black American expat of modern times. A leader in the pan-African movement, Du Bois moved to Ghana at the age of 93, in 1961, at the request of the country’s first president, <a href=\"https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/nkrumah-kwame\" target=\"_blank\">Kwame Nkrumah</a>, to work on the <a href=\"https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/w-e-b-dubois-and-making-encyclopedia-africana-1909-1963/\" target=\"_blank\">Encyclopedia Africana</a>. One of our first stops in Accra was at the bungalow where Du Bois lived, which is now <a href=\"https://visitghana.com/attractions/w-e-b-dubois-centre/\" target=\"_blank\">a museum</a> and meeting spot."},{"_id":"73FSTWB4BJBOHCGT3IMDWAZZ3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732181387456},"type":"text","content":"I was surprised by how many American accents I heard in Accra. They were doctors, lawyers, retired schoolteachers, counselors, and other walks of life. One was a Fulbright scholar who had taught in Philly before settling in Accra. I encountered them in hotel elevators and lounging poolside."},{"_id":"LFTYNAQWKFBC5MQLBXONOPY3RU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732214473438},"type":"text","content":"Estimates are that as many as <a href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/8/25/a-tale-of-two-cities-diaspora-influx-hikes-cost-of-living-for-ghanaians\" target=\"_blank\">1,500 Black American expats have moved into the country</a> since 2020. The venerable <a href=\"https://aaaghana.org/\" target=\"_blank\">African American Association of Ghana</a> has more than 300 paid members. Many of them use the phrase <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/07/17/486359426/disheartened-by-racial-violence-in-u-s-inspired-by-brexit-he-pondered-a-blaxit\" target=\"_blank\">“Blaxit”</a> — a play off of “Brexit,” a phrase used to describe the Britain’s exit from the European Union in 2020 — to refer the exodus of Black Americans to Africa."},{"_id":"4GKHTCQUIVGHHKSEDNK3SLMYTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732143741467},"type":"text","content":"When I spoke with the group’s members during my visit, over and over they told me that racism was a key factor in their decision to leave America. 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It wasn’t only because Donald Trump’s second election would intensify her work as trans justice coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. It was also the personal anguish that the 41-year-old transgender woman felt knowing Trump had been elected, in part, by <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html\" target=\"_blank\">spending millions of dollars</a> on TV ads that dehumanized her and people like her in shocking ways American voters had never seen before."},{"_id":"O7HNCR6UQFDCVMMKHS5LNB2HSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138301},"type":"text","content":"“I took it very personally,” Sanchez — who spent years as an activist around tough issues like combating prison rape before joining the ACLU-PA in 2017, right after Trump’s first election — told me this week. “They voted against me. They wanted to harm me.” She noted how many voters seemed to respond positively to the GOP’s openly anti-trans rhetoric, before adding: “We rest, and then we fight again.”"},{"_id":"U2XI2UNB2VDV5BEJHK2LIKTTVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138302},"type":"text","content":"While Trump’s narrow but decisive win over Democrat Kamala Harris is still Topic A, the early fights over the president-elect’s <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-cabinet-gaetz-rfk-gabbard-20241117.html\" target=\"_blank\">off-the-wall cabinet picks</a> and TV debates over just <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-elected-president-meaning-america-20241106.html\" target=\"_blank\">how anti-democratically</a> the Trump regime might govern are still an abstraction to most Americans. It’s very different <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/lgbtq-philadelphia-transgender-trump-election-20241120.html\" target=\"_blank\">in the transgender community</a>. There, leaders like Sanchez are having gut-wrenching conversations with people wondering if they need to accelerate major life moves, like gender-affirming surgery or a legal name change, before an openly hostile government arrives on Jan. 20."},{"_id":"WC6QSPUJGFH5XBJ2LEQYTVMRKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138303},"type":"text","content":"Indeed, fears of what life might be like under Trump 47 for at least 1 million transgender Americans already began to hit home this week when the community’s one bright star on Election Day — a<b> </b>victory for the first-ever transgender member of Congress, <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/delaware-congressional-district-election-results-20241105.html\" target=\"_blank\">Delaware’s Rep.-elect Sarah McBride</a> — quickly became a symbol of the GOP’s determination to turn ugly campaign rhetoric into harsh governing reality."},{"owner":{"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. 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Nancy Mace’s vocal and bigoted efforts to <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5000006-speaker-johnson-transgender-bathroom-policy/\" target=\"_blank\">prevent transgender people</a> from using Capitol restrooms or other single-sex facilities of their chosen identity. Johnson claimed to be solving a problem that didn’t seem to exist for Capitol visitors or staffers before McBride’s arrival. More importantly, advocates like Sanchez know how such high-profile moves give license to everyday people to more openly voice anti-trans hatred."},{"_id":"S52OB2X4BRGYFP3ZIGOUU3PYLY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138306},"type":"text","content":"This normalization of transphobia in American politics, and the signs of looming government repression, poses a major moral test — the first of many to come — for how the political leaders for<a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=popular+vote+count&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS1118US1118&oq=pop&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggCEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMgYIABBFGDkyEAgBEC4YxwEYsQMY0QMYgAQyDggCEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg0IAxAAGJECGIAEGIoFMg0IBBAAGJECGIAEGIoFMgoIBRAuGLEDGIAEMgwIBhAuGEMYgAQYigUyDAgHEC4YQxiABBiKBTIKCAgQABixAxiABDIQCAkQABiDARixAxiABBiKBdIBCTUwMzBqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\"> the nearly 77 million Americans</a>, and counting, who voted against Trump’s MAGA movement (for Harris or third-party candidates) are planning to respond."},{"_id":"2QBPL6QS2BCVPIIX3F2D7CQTU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138307},"type":"text","content":"Arguably, this is a real challenge for all of us. Can those of us not in the transgender community fully embrace the humanity of our friends, family members, or neighbors who are? Or, in the more meaningful than ever<a href=\"https://x.com/BernieSanders/status/1203783495748849664\" target=\"_blank\"> words of Sen. Bernie Sanders</a>, be “willing to fight for a person you don’t know as much as you’re willing to fight for yourself”? How many will instead succumb to a focus-grouped temptation of <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/democrats-blame-partys-position-transgender-rights-part-harris-loss-rcna179370\" target=\"_blank\">blaming the anti-trans TV ads</a> for Trump’s win and keep silent as demagogues like Trump and his attention-crazed acolyte Mace step up their attacks?"},{"_id":"GZANGPUBT5EKZENRXFUMJUGGYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138308},"type":"text","content":"The early indications are not hopeful. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts — one of many seeking scapegoats for Harris’ electoral defeat and his party’s losses on Capitol Hill — <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4996259-democratic-transgender-rights-election/\" target=\"_blank\">threw down the gauntlet</a> by saying Democrats are too worried about offending people before declaring: “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”"},{"owner":{"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","address":{"locality":"Washington","country_name":"USA","region":"DC"},"auth":{"1":"1f0861c6636d3b60c85a782e217db991afea6fdb6ac11d9906df7fa2e094b298"},"caption":"Demonstrators attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in March 2023. 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700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/P2BVH2LECWMT637BZZPR5D2B5Q.jpg?auth=1f0861c6636d3b60c85a782e217db991afea6fdb6ac11d9906df7fa2e094b298&width=600&height=400&smart=true 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/P2BVH2LECWMT637BZZPR5D2B5Q.jpg?auth=1f0861c6636d3b60c85a782e217db991afea6fdb6ac11d9906df7fa2e094b298&width=500&height=333&smart=true 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/P2BVH2LECWMT637BZZPR5D2B5Q.jpg?auth=1f0861c6636d3b60c85a782e217db991afea6fdb6ac11d9906df7fa2e094b298&width=400&height=267&smart=true 400w"},{"_id":"QR7IQXMXSNBAPK2L4IKNZBYUBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138310},"type":"text","content":"Moulton’s campaign manager <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4981767-moulton-aide-resigns-transgender-athletes/\" target=\"_blank\">did resign in protest</a> over those remarks, but more broadly Democrats have struggled to respond — to Moulton but also to the Trump TV ads that seemed to <a href=\"https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-transgender-attack-ad-harris-democrats-b2650658.html\" target=\"_blank\">utterly flummox Team Harris</a>, which turned to polling and focus groups before deciding there was no good way to aggressively respond."},{"_id":"V2L45FE7AZDNDHMIJC4ZQINHKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138311},"type":"text","content":"And the hard data suggest that, yes, unfortunately, a transphobic message <a href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-transgender-rights-donald-trump_n_672e6c0be4b01e5999fd2d73\" target=\"_blank\">does influence some swing voters</a> — not a huge number, but not many were needed in an election that was arguably decided by fewer than 300,000 ballots in three battleground states. <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans spent at least $65 million</a> and probably much more on anti-transgender ads in a dozen key states, including here in Pennsylvania, where the spot with the tagline “<a href=\"https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4993226-gop-targets-transgender-rights/\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala is for they/them</a>, President Trump is for you” aired constantly during the Phillies’ late-season push or the evening news."},{"_id":"2IOGP7DRHRHINIYL625Q4752K4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138312},"type":"text","content":"One polling group, Blueprint, reported that <a href=\"https://mailchi.mp/a545c7f69abb/blueprint-harris-novote-11-8?e=daa300624e\" target=\"_blank\">the third most-cited reason</a> by voters for opposing Harris — after inflation and immigration — was this: “Kamala Harris is focused more on cultural issues like transgender issues rather than helping the middle class.” Blueprint added that this was the No. 1 reason for last-minute deciders rejecting Harris, while other polling groups argued that opposing transgender rights was<a href=\"https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/documents/HRC-National-Post-Election-Public-Memo-11624.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> far down their lists</a> of voter concerns."},{"_id":"ICWCD2OIS5DEBMQ7NHXXN7XZSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138313},"type":"text","content":"Still, the early data suggest why transgender activists fear too many Democrats think privately what Moulton voiced publicly. Thus, how hard will party leaders fight Republicans like Mace, who has <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/20/nx-s1-5196449/house-republican-rep-nancy-mace-introduces-transgender-bathroom-bill\" target=\"_blank\">already introduced a bill</a> that would extend the Capitol bathroom restrictions endorsed by Johnson to all federal facilities across the United States?"},{"_id":"W7P6UQI2RJGCZGGQ4XI4Y65MDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138314},"type":"text","content":"The stakes couldn’t be higher as Trump prepares to take office. History has shown that the transgender community <a href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-research-reveals-how-the-nazis-targeted-transgender-people-180982931/\" target=\"_blank\">is often an early target</a> of authoritarian strongmen. In the 1930s, for example, Adolf Hitler’s Nazis revoked “transvestite permits” that had been issued by the relatively liberal Weimar Republic<b>,</b> and shut down a transgender-friendly nightclub and research institute almost immediately upon taking power."},{"owner":{"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.","address":{"locality":"Frankfort","country_name":"USA","region":"KY"},"auth":{"1":"8750e7893317df88ab1fa685bc9320a812ad0a3598a5bda6cff141da237e06e7"},"caption":"Kentucky Gov. 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Most famously, Kentucky<b>’</b>s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/transgender-genderaffirming-care-kentucky-governor-945f8097fb04fdb25e1767cae052a413\" target=\"_blank\">vetoed bills</a> that banned gender-affirming surgery for minors and barred trans girls from cisgender sports, and — although his vetoes were overridden by GOP lawmakers — still won reelection in his heavily pro-Trump state."},{"_id":"OLAB4JQBYVAKNHL4GBWR7ILOII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138317},"type":"text","content":"“Number one: I talked about why,” <a href=\"https://www.advocate.com/politics/kentucky-andy-beshear-trans-veto#rebelltitem1\" target=\"_blank\">Beshear told CBS’s <i>Face the Nation</i></a> last Sunday. “That’s my faith, where I’m taught that all children are children of God, and I wanted to stick up for children [who] were being picked on.” Voters — enough of them, anyway — respected Beshear for sticking to his values rather than doing what a consultant might have advised him to do."},{"_id":"F4EG2LA5LFD7DKOQ7L23QYLNDA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"D7UA6TGJRBH6RLYDZITX6PDREI"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"For many people, Tuesday’s election is truly a life-and-death matter | Will Bunch","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/undocumented-immigrants-outcome-trump-harris-20241031.html"},{"_id":"3OXOCABOSZEP7M6EFRC7RIV4QA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138319},"type":"text","content":"This week in the Capitol controversy, the maddeningly complicated Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who won in 2022 after campaigning extensively in Pennsylvania’s <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/part-harriss-pennsylvania-strategy-lose-red-counties-by-less/\" target=\"_blank\">reddest rural counties</a>, responded to the attack on McBride not with platitudes but with a gesture: <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/john-fetterman-sarah-mcbride-bathroom-congress-20241120.html\" target=\"_blank\">Telling the incoming House member</a> she could use the bathroom in his office any time, and adding: “There’s no job I’m afraid to lose if it requires me to degrade anyone.” (I’m going to skip the obvious diatribe about how Fetterman might want to <a href=\"https://jacobin.com/2024/01/john-fetterman-palestine-israeli-state-apartheid-war-gaza-progressive\" target=\"_blank\">apply that thinking to Gaza</a>.)"},{"_id":"NEOVUF2TH5FJ7DXJJBSBIU5III","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138320},"type":"text","content":"It seems to me that if Democrats want to have any hope of staying relevant over the next four years, let alone regaining power in the anti-small-”d”-democratic climate of the Trump regime, they need to embrace their inner Andy Beshear, and reject the shortsightedness of the Seth Moultons out there. Again, <a href=\"https://jacobin.com/2020/06/polls-george-floyd-protests-civil-rights-movement\" target=\"_blank\">think back to history</a>. In 1964, just months after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, <a href=\"https://news.gallup.com/vault/246167/protests-seen-harming-civil-rights-movement-60s.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">74% of Americans said</a> mass demonstrations were detrimental to racial equality. <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/we-may-have-lost-the-south-lbj-democrats-civil-rights-act-1964-bill-moyers\" target=\"_blank\">President Lyndon B. Johnson knew</a> that signing civil-rights legislation would probably mean near-future political pain for the Democratic Party, and he was right."},{"_id":"G4CWT3GHNRAWTPQNQP4ZZVLGCA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138321},"type":"text","content":"But think bigger picture. During that era, Democrats and their liberal base did build — however imperfectly — a brand that they were the party that had fought for civil rights and equality, not only for Black Americans but for Latinos, women, the LGBTQ community, and other groups that felt marginalized by conservatives. That brand — built around a moral belief and not the polling data — is how Democrats <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/democrats-popular-vote-win-d6331f7e8b51d52582bb2d60e2a007ec\" target=\"_blank\">won the popular vote</a> in seven of the last nine presidential elections, even including the disappointment of Nov. 5. Selling out more than 1 million transgender Americans would wreck that brand, permanently — telling voters Democrats don’t stand for anything beyond surviving the next election."},{"_id":"GZIPJXOBQFAFROWAEPP4JLPPPU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138322},"type":"text","content":"I might be naive, but I think matters like addressing the needs of <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/how-many-transgender-athletes-play-womens-sports-1796006\" target=\"_blank\">literally a handful of athletes</a> or making everyone comfortable at a rest stop aren’t so complicated that America can’t work them out by starting at the simple place where Beshear starts: That we are all God’s children, with some basic human rights."},{"_id":"NHLAUDXKGFHFXATYXFIDPO4WBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732210138323},"type":"text","content":"And if Democrats, as well as all of us still dreaming of a better world than Donald Trump’s dark vision for America, instead <a href=\"https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists\" target=\"_blank\">choose to say nothing because we are not</a> transgender, people shouldn’t be surprised when their group is targeted next."},{"_id":"53IBKUEEYBHTVI4CI24V74MC2Y","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"S7NUY5XP6JGQRCZGDL2KG6SILM"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"SIGN UP: The Will Bunch Newsletter ","url":"//inquirer.com/bunch"}],"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"Whether hate-filled TV ads helped elect Trump is no reason to stop fighting for the humanity of 1 million transgender Americans."},"language":"","source":{"system":"airtable","name":"Staff","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"primary_site":{"path":"/opinion","parent_id":"/","name":"Opinion","description":"Commentary, editorials and opinion from The Philadelphia 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They see the <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-military-aid-for-israel-tops-17-9-billion-since-last-oct-7\" target=\"_blank\">$17.9 billion in military aid</a> that the U.S. has sent to Israel in the last year as unconscionable."},{"_id":"H6PPDKCGO5BYFN6NZR7LOBJ27I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Belinda Davis, 65, is chair of the <a href=\"https://www.gpop.org/about\" target=\"_blank\">Green Party of Philadelphia</a> and has voted Green since 2001. “Every year we become significantly more diverse, one critical part of our strength,” Davis said. 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Two choices — a choice between Pepsi and Coke — isn’t really much of a choice,” he said. “The two are rabid hawks,” he added. “It’s hard for me to comprehend how one could vote for genocide when those resources would be better spent here domestically.”"},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"NXEVIGMQJZBZVHHVN2WPZXKPUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I don’t vote my fears. 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Her husband is Palestinian, and she lived in the West Bank working as a journalist from the mid-1990s to 2013. She has voted for Democrats in every presidential election, including those when she lived overseas, but this year she didn’t fill out the top of her ballot."},{"content_elements":[{"_id":"SNDNKKHXJVFU3BO6JQFU6W7NHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Could you vote for someone who is actively killing your family and your friends?"}],"citation":{"type":"text","content":"Charmaine Seitz, 50"},"subtype":"pullquote","_id":"2KWS3PMTOFCV5C5WRAYRT3GM6Y","type":"quote"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"© Copyright 2024 Philadelphia Inquirer","address":{"locality":"Philadelphia","region":"PA"},"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":true},"auth":{"1":"6c49fd97fb1619b01b126e17e7d679fd7b1f24068b7e3edacf6dfe03c6843060"},"caption":"Pro-Palestinian protesters march down John F. 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After “a lot of heart-searching and reflection,” she decided to swap her vote; a friend in Massachusetts voted on her behalf for socialist party candidates <a href=\"https://votesocialist2024.com/about-the-candidates\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia</a>, and Duncan voted for Harris in Pennsylvania. This way, her dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party registered, but she still did her part to help avoid a Trump presidency. Some websites, like <a href=\"https://www.swapyourvote.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SwapYourVote.org</a>, matched over 15,000 voters in swing states with voters in “safe states” for this purpose."},{"_id":"5TRYHQ5ZYVFX5KU3ROCSN4YJYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Duncan visited Gaza twice for her previous work with the <a href=\"https://afsc.org/author/lucy-duncan\" target=\"_blank\">American Friends Service Committee</a>, where she met <a href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/8/palestinian-people-mourn-the-death-of-refaat-alareer\" target=\"_blank\">Refaat Alareer</a>, a Palestinian poet who was <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/08/palestinian-poet-refaat-alareer-killed-in-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">killed in an Israeli air strike last year</a>. One of her former coworkers has lost 30 family members."},{"_id":"2G5TGCJQ6RAI5FE6VL3KSG2HOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“I feel like a part of my heart is in Gaza,” Duncan said."},{"_id":"GVJ2MCJR3ZDM3PGEGWQK44M4ZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"She said she was at peace with her decisions, even though — because of Trump’s xenophobic and bigoted policies — the election’s outcome placed marginalized people at risk. ”Many people were vulnerable before the election,” Duncan said. “Certainly, Palestinians were among the most vulnerable. More are feeling under threat with Trump’s election. And, yes, it’s scary. But the reality is that nobody is really safe under capitalism, empire, and white supremacy. My hope is that our organizing for justice really accelerates and that we work to protect and transform our communities.”"},{"_id":"3JDH7YDY5ZACPDI6LGZFION4CU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[{"date":"2024-11-20T16:42:43.876Z","replies":[],"start":107,"end":114,"text":"While I don't disbelieve this claim of complexity, I am really, really aware that there are no identifed/identifiable Black voices in this. (Non-Black people of color have been full of excuses about why our peeps didn't vote for Kamala, but rarely acknowledge that anti-Blackness may have played a part. I'm not saying that's the case here, with these folks, but I do think the question may need to be asked and answered.)","user":"Sabrina Vourvoulias","email":"svourvoulias@inquirer.com"}]},"type":"text","content":"It’s easy to say third-party voters <a href=\"https://www.gp.org/jill_stein_and_spoiler_season\" target=\"_blank\">“spoiled” the election</a> for the Democrats, but the reality is much more complex. The level of frustration they felt with the Biden-Harris administration’s policies in Gaza was so intense that if they didn’t vote for third-party candidates, these Philadelphians would likely not have voted at all."},{"subtype":"article-box","_id":"NSGJGIA7YVHYXCJCQVKJZ7OGNE","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"JXCEAK6FJZDVNKEA5VVZF3C64Y"},"embed":{"id":"1700008356975","config":{"templateType":"standout-box","embedType":"article-box","originURL":"https://apigw.inquirer.com","updated":1732195294565},"url":"https://apigw.inquirer.com/custom-embed/article-box/view/1700008356975"},"type":"custom_embed"}],"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"Frustrated about Gaza, thousands of voters in Pennsylvania turned from the Democrats to a third party or didn't vote at 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We have a lot in common and are allies. We also relish our rivalry (witness this year’s Olympic swimming events)."},{"_id":"HT4DSPHGLVHJ7EJ3444GOECW6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551129},"type":"text","content":"Like you, we experienced a spike in cost-of-living pressure, interest rates, and inflation, driven by supply-chain disruption from COVID-19 and war. And the governments of all advanced economies face the same grievances — including concerns about immigrants and the other recent arrivals on our shores."},{"_id":"4AAORHBDURGYHNB7ENUT5L6AYQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551145},"type":"text","content":"As someone who has seen what draconian immigration policies can do to the social and cultural fabric of a nation, I urge all Americans to ask themselves: What will you do when Donald Trump starts to implement the mandate you gave him?"},{"_id":"CPU77TGYJFC5VA6VY77YJBKJWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482420},"type":"text","content":"When it comes to the appalling treatment of asylum-seekers and refugees, Australia wrote the playbook. We’ve been <a href=\"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-11/obrien-the-founding-father-of-australias-indefinite-mandat/3658804\">detaining refugees</a> and “stopping the boats” — mostly from Indonesia — since <a href=\"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-26/tampa-twenty-years-australia-immigration-asylum-seekers-policy/100405158\">before 9/11</a>."},{"_id":"VN2SU4XPRFFYNNDZVDIO4C5UBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482421},"type":"text","content":"We’ve been <a href=\"https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/commission-commends-high-court-ruling-indefinite-immigration-detention\">unconstitutionally</a> locking up asylum-seekers since the 1990s, most recently in detention centers on remote, non-Australian islands, through deals with Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Fine form for a nation that began as a penal colony."},{"_id":"JG7O7A2FL5AXLKTIU7NPHAES2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482422},"type":"text","content":"Educated Australians are ashamed of our “stop the boats” politics. This has been on top of the decades of forcibly separating Indigenous children from their parents. These moral failings leave the deepest of stains and take generations to heal."},{"_id":"FH2QFCGSXFBCTKL3FB6D437P74","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482423},"type":"text","content":"We have a long history of demonizing refugees and immigrants, of punishing innocent people. Yet, modern Australia is a nation of migrants. America’s story is not much different. Our nation is vastly richer because of our multicultural complexion, as is yours, and old white men like me need to learn to appreciate it."},{"_id":"SPG3H5J57BCQXBFX62C3V7IJXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482424},"type":"text","content":"Adolphus Busch, the cofounder of Anheuser-Busch, <a href=\"https://www.anheuser-busch.com/about/heritage\">was a German migrant</a>, and Albert Einstein, who gave America its atomic might, was a <a href=\"https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-nazis-and-wwii\">refugee fleeing Nazi Germany</a>. They added to the “greatness” of America. So while there is a slim chance a migrant will <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-pets-false-rumor-20240914.html\">eat your dog</a>, it is more likely you’ll find them to be the next Busch or Einstein."},{"_id":"F2JIJRTARNCIZAPMWFM5VLTLIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482425},"type":"text","content":"Finally, Trump has been called a fascist. Certainly, he seems to be an authoritarian, and I wonder what you will do when they start to round the “illegal” immigrants up. Possibly people you know."},{"_id":"NQLJCDGW7BHGTLSDT3JNJSEEGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482426},"type":"text","content":"I can assure you, from decades of demonizing migrants and asylum-seekers by <a href=\"https://www.onenation.org.au/refugees\">right-wing politicians</a>, radio shock jocks, even <a href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gillard-summons-mongrel-of-xenophobia-with-dog-whistle-20100709-103w4.html\">progressive politicians</a> seeking to neutralize the issue, the asylum-seekers are not at fault and are not the problem. 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Give us Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, or Clint Eastwood any day, but surely not Trump."},{"_id":"3V7OYQ3SYVCVLBNMOBDNYY56LQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551135},"type":"text","content":"I later understood that the “anyone but a Clinton” sentiment was so strong that a complete outsider made sense. 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In Australia, it was nearly 77, the United Kingdom approximately 325, and Canada just over 135, according to <a href=\"https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality\">Johns Hopkins University and Medical</a>. No other developed economy came close to the death rate in America except the U.K., with its own version of Trump in Boris Johnson."},{"_id":"77TZUDWH2ZFZFBD3PAQJKPPLRE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551139},"type":"text","content":"Trump politicized a public health crisis, playing a deadly game for years. We were astonished. How could a protective face mask become a symbol of political allegiance? Live free or die, all right."},{"_id":"RAIY6TLRZBCSLKZCTS4KTUWEGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482414},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s mismanagement of the COVID crisis saw him tossed out in 2020, unfit for another term, as were many politicians, including our prime minister, <a href=\"https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/poor-pandemic-management-pummels-coalition-at-the-polls\">Scott Morrison</a>, in 2022, who was a COVID master compared with Trump."},{"_id":"D6LDYI2XP5HVTCXFYH3UQWR7CU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731947482415},"type":"text","content":"Still, as recently as the beginning of this year, <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/02/poll-biden-2020-election-illegitimate\">36% of adult Americans</a> thought the 2020 election was illegitimate."},{"_id":"4ISW6QE54FDVVM5ZIGUCQQULGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551142},"type":"text","content":"It would take a lot more than a politician being tossed out for mishandling a pandemic for Australians to believe there was something wrong with their electoral system, and we are still voting with pencil and paper."},{"_id":"FBQWVZ2PCBDI7LAHJXBUOABWYU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551143},"type":"text","content":"Was the 2016 election stolen? Was the 2024 election stolen? No, just 2020? Sorry, folks, but you can’t have it both ways."},{"_id":"NFXE26CRNFHUDIRKTOBKIOPUHI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551144},"type":"text","content":"No Republican is asking for a 2024 recount, despite Trump’s suggestions it too would be rigged. Give us a break. Those who went along with the election lie should now publicly confess their sin."},{"_id":"3FSX7MVQPJGPHHS4JGTABXDL7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731620551154},"type":"text","content":"Your very own <a href=\"https://behavioralscientist.org/how-would-people-behave-in-milgrams-experiment-today/\">Stanley Milgram</a> conducted experiments to see how readily Americans would obey orders and accept immoral standards, in the same way the Germans did under Hitler’s authoritarian rule. 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The ideal process is one in<b> </b>which professionals, citizens, and public officials together inform the design of a site such as the one proposed by the Sixers — a site of great significance on what is arguably Philadelphia’s most important street atop a rich vein of public transportation."},{"_id":"7YR5RWTK3BARHN6T3JZSEVJMTI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731956986179},"type":"text","content":"As such, great planning is not done in a vacuum. It understands the city as a series of social, environmental, and economic systems anchored by landmarks with nodes of activity designed to encourage a vibrant public life. 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During a stint as a lawyer, he tried a handful of minor civil disputes but never served as a prosecutor or judge and was ranked one of Florida’s <a href=\"https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/21/daniel-webster-matt-gaetz-lead-list-florida-least-effective-congressional-lawmakers/71621867007/\">least effective</a> members of Congress."},{"_id":"YRXZKJIFNJERHEFKL2SXBNYKRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925458},"type":"text","content":"Gaetz’s only “qualification” was that he would do whatever Trump wants, which includes using the Justice Department to <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/06/trump-retribution-enemy-list-00187725\">prosecute enemies</a>. That would undermine public faith in the department’s independence and the rule of law — hallmarks that have long distinguished America from many other countries."},{"_id":"KEKVK4EZ7FEIBAFEHL5DMIEGPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925459},"type":"text","content":"Undermining institutions is part of Trump’s plan to MAGA-fy the government by firing career public servants, closing departments, slashing spending, and eliminating safety regulations."},{"_id":"7IJFERT6YRCIROQR7RAFPFKLLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925460},"type":"text","content":"Elon Musk, who is parading around Mar-a-Lago as <a href=\"https://fortune.com/2024/11/18/elon-musk-treasury-endorsement-lutnick-bessent-trump-irritation/\">co-president</a> and also faces <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/tech/spacex-elon-musk-former-employees-lawsuit/index.html\">sexual harassment claims</a>, was given a <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/business/dealbook/what-can-the-department-of-government-efficiency-do.html\">made-up title</a> and wants to cut at least $2 trillion from the $6.75 trillion federal budget — a move that would require <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/us/politics/dept-government-efficiency-explainer.html\">slashing</a> Social Security, Medicare, and veterans benefits as well as defense spending and many <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/29/elon-musk-2-trillion-budget-cuts-trump-election/\">other programs</a>."},{"_id":"PSIWGTWTPVA3VIP6UN2LJ7EUSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925461},"type":"text","content":"Musk, whose <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/15/how-tesla-and-spacex-benefit-from-government-spending/76301473007/\">billions in federal contracts</a> create a <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html\">conflict of interest</a> for any government oversight role, <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/economy-if-trump-wins-second-term-could-mean-hardship-for-americans-rcna177807\">acknowledged</a> the cuts would result in “temporary hardship” for many people."},{"_id":"MFGYQP7QNFC5FGHNTRADEKILFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925462},"type":"text","content":"Some wonder if the end game is to neuter the government so that many services can be <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/21/privatizing-public-services-trump-democracy\">privatized</a> and further <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trumpist-oligarchy-big-tech-takeover-musk-bezos/680503/\">enrich the oligarchs</a> supporting Trump. 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Trump is also taking sick pleasure by <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-jpmorgans-dimon-wont-be-invited-join-trump-administration-2024-11-14/\">preemptively</a> <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/us/politics/trump-haley-pompeo.html\">firing</a> those who sold out by supporting him but cannot be trusted to do right by Trump, denying cabinet spots to people like Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo."},{"_id":"IVAH57POEVC2DEOX3THC2NTM7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925465},"type":"text","content":"Are you not entertained?"},{"_id":"CVYK453Q7BE4FPJUEXTD5XNTMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925466},"type":"text","content":"Is destroying 248 years of democracy worth the promise of cheaper eggs?"},{"_id":"URI25EIKV5GFRPY66T74HBMPKE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925467},"type":"text","content":"The chaos, lies, and corruption of Trump’s previous term — which included two impeachments, tens of thousands of needless pandemic deaths, and a deadly insurrection — may soon seem like the <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-reelection-second-term-agenda/676119/\">good old days</a> if the Senate bows to pressure and approves the <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-most-extreme-cabinet-ever\">most extreme cabinet ever</a>."},{"_id":"I7MVBZOTXNHYTOEBMUZ4BQBHRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925468},"type":"text","content":"Since Trump’s election, stock indexes have <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/business/stock-market-election-trump-economy.html\">dropped</a> and mortgage rates have <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-mortgage-rates-housing-real-estate-inflation-yields-5b425a1608e3a9bbd9859b8a1690ece6\">increased</a>."},{"_id":"YZUU6EPL3ZCSFA74D5DT4BTUQQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925469},"type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/11/19/should-we-be-concerned-about-warren-buffetts-substantial-stock-sell-offs/\">smart money</a> is jittery over Trump’s <a href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-tax-cuts-led-to-record-low-not-high-revenues-outside-of-a-recession/\">reckless</a> <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/06/global-etfs-slide-as-investors-see-trump-tariff-policies-hurting-trade.html\">economic policies</a> and a government run by inept miscreants."},{"_id":"IW2FYH6RWJD5NLZN23YDOMEGBU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925470},"type":"text","content":"Indeed, the biggest election winner — beyond Trump <a href=\"https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-14/what-will-happen-with-trumps-criminal-cases-now-that-he-won-the-election\">dodging</a> his criminal indictments — is Russian President Vladimir Putin, who wants the United States to <a href=\"https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/putin-trump-yalta?srsltid=AfmBOorSdYLqgwUP40ifc1XTIA4xkg3au7d2E8GqqFBn2Qv50B-bkpbG\">split apart</a> like the Soviet Union and join it in the graveyard of former superpowers."},{"_id":"R2OZPPE2VZAYXO4XXKYY6L2OEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925471},"type":"text","content":"Putin sees Trump as a <a href=\"https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-02-20-useful-idiots-stalins-then-putins-now/\">useful idiot</a> in <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/putin-trump-russia-america.html\">achieving his goal</a>. That’s why Russia openly worked to help elect Trump <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/20/us/politics/russia-trump-election-timeline.html\">again</a> by <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/technology/russia-us-election-interference.html\">spreading disinformation</a> on social media and <a href=\"https://time.com/7173216/election-day-polling-place-bomb-threats-swing-states-russia-links/\">calling in bomb threats</a> at polling stations in swing states."},{"owner":{"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. 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Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) to be the director of national intelligence. Gabbard has <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/5-things-to-know-about-tulsi-gabbard-trumps-choice-for-director-of-national-intelligence\">no experience</a> in intelligence gathering."},{"_id":"FJ6ZM52TWJEYTAJACFYMIOKA6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925474},"type":"text","content":"Even <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/16/trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-democratic-reactions\">more dangerous</a>, she traffics in conspiracy theories and has been a vocal supporter of Russia. State-controlled TV in Moscow celebrated Gabbard’s nomination by <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-solovyov-russia-ukraine-fox-tucker-carlson-1693637\">referring</a> to her as “our girlfriend.”"},{"_id":"6MXGCG5FP5GABIN2QAEHYO6KVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925475},"type":"text","content":"“Do you really want her to have all the secrets of the United States and our defense intelligence agencies when she has <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/14/tulsi-gabbard-russia-director-national-intelligence-trump/\">so clearly been in Putin’s pocket?</a>” asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.)."},{"_id":"SQEV33FHVFECJBPFRO62VOBIEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925476},"type":"text","content":"The same goes for Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, whom Trump nominated to be secretary of defense. 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Kennedy Jr., a conspiracy theorist with no scientific background, is not only unfit to run Health and Human Services but is a public health danger. He is a former <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-06-20/robert-kennedy-addict-reform-plans\">heroin addict</a>, <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2024/09/20/us-news/inside-rfk-jr-s-secret-sex-diaries-including-the-codes-he-used-for-women-while-grappling-with-his-lust-demons/\">sexual philanderer</a>, and prominent <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11/15/rfk-jr-views-conspiracies-false-claims/\">vaccine skeptic</a> who spews reckless conspiracy theories."},{"_id":"RGV5OIXMVFEP7CA4CWANCEVVKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925483},"type":"text","content":"Kennedy, 70, falsely <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/politics/rfk-jr-remarks-covid.html\">claimed</a> the virus that causes COVID-19 was engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and the Chinese. He falsely <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330950198112\">linked</a> vaccines to autism and <a href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2024-presidential-campaign-democratic-primary.html\">suggested</a> AIDS may not be caused by HIV."},{"_id":"3BBVZJZITFCFJIVVXWJUYL6IVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925484},"type":"text","content":"Beyond his disturbing interactions with dead <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5063939/rfk-jr-central-park-bear-bicycle\">bears</a> and <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-kennedy-whale-investigation-09c494d8164c6f9bde9ece39637ea4d3\">whales</a>, Kennedy’s <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/robert-r-kennedy-rfk-vaccines-hhs-food-trump-0500f67ef53ed6862583dace587b3899\">fringe views</a> put him at direct odds with the career scientists, researchers, and inspectors responsible for the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs, vaccines, medical products, and the nation’s <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/31/trump-rfk-food-pharma-00186513\">food supply</a>."},{"_id":"JF3BUZPM5ZC3HMTQOPHDKFK2CM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925485},"type":"text","content":"Following Kennedy’s advice on vaccines will likely get people killed."},{"_id":"XG2S2S5RMRA2LJ5TUKBPSBJNSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925486},"type":"text","content":"Kennedy’s <a href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/08/metro/after-trumps-win-kennedy-family-members-express-concern-about-rfk-jrs-potential-role-administration/\">own family</a> has said he is too <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/caroline-kennedy-says-rfk-jr-holds-dangerous-views-vaccines-rcna180706\">dangerous</a> to run HHS. Even the New York Post’s far-right editorial board, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/opinion/putting-rfk-jr-in-charge-of-health-breaks-the-first-rule-of-medicine/\">said</a> Kennedy overseeing public health violates the first rule of medicine to do no harm."},{"_id":"GHGLGZTJA5B5NIB2DOHMB6IJXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925487},"type":"text","content":"“His views were a head-scratching spaghetti of what we can only call warped conspiracy theories, and not just on vaccines,” the <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/opinion/putting-rfk-jr-in-charge-of-health-breaks-the-first-rule-of-medicine/\">editorial board wrote</a>."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"copyright":"© Copyright 2022 The Philadelphia 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But there was <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/donald-trump-election-what-matters/index.html\">no landslide</a>. Trump got <a href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-picks-project-2025-co-131131403.html\">less than 50%</a> of the popular vote and won Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin by <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/steve-kornacki-trump-harris-battleground-state-sweep-rcna179991\">roughly 232,000</a> votes combined."},{"_id":"APELXBIFNVGS5EADU4YSQUS4AU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925493},"type":"text","content":"Trump is allowed to nominate anyone he wants, but the Senate is not obliged to rubber stamp unqualified and dangerous officials."},{"_id":"3PNEBWDVRBCW7AJANICESV5RDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732208925494},"type":"text","content":"Trump wants to overwhelm and <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/14/trump-recess-appointments-gaetz-rfk/\">circumvent</a> the confirmation process with <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg7r5e3gz7o\">recess appointments</a> because he knows his cabinet picks are unfit. 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If Young ever bothered to leave his taxpayer-provided city-issued car at home and join the <a href=\"https://data-septa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/02a4c3241b374cc38e2f1528844763fd_0/explore\">tens of thousands of his constituents</a> who ride SEPTA every day, perhaps he might have known better."},{"_id":"Z34VB23XNRDLDN366PH35FE37U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997736},"type":"text","content":"Unfortunately, Young’s sentiment was not an outlier during last week’s hearings."},{"_id":"6OQ7USPC4VB6PKJWDFYUP64CHA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997737},"type":"text","content":"The Sixers arena plan comes with significant potential gains and challenges to Center City and its neighbors. It demands thoughtful consideration and discussion, yet some Council members seem determined to take a self-serving and flippant approach, with questions more oriented toward posturing and extracting their own personal pounds of flesh than improving the proposal."},{"_id":"5MWPYI4TAVAQ3IX4LUCZ7MHLGQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"44P67DSRQNDYNEB37YMLKESW3E"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Center City arena plan is missing its two most positive proposals | Editorial","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/sixers-arena-deal-chinatown-cherelle-parker-housing-20241114.html"},{"_id":"VJCE7LG25BCMJCT7TF2ISSYVAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997739},"type":"text","content":"City Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke questioned why the arena debate was taking up so many hours of Council’s time. (Of course, if fewer hearings had been scheduled on the topic, O’Rourke — who, in less than a year on Council, has become one of its most reliable gadflies — would likely complain about a lack of scrutiny.)"},{"_id":"XLLTG6YOGRD3TA5HNZASVAMBUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997740},"type":"text","content":"Given how long <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/city-council-honors-legislation-20220324.html\">Council typically spends on ceremonial bills and honorifics</a>, any time used to vet the arena proposal would be well spent — if Council acts earnestly."},{"_id":"4ZTDQIYJMNGWJECRZ35CQC2S24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997741},"type":"text","content":"It was often left to Council President Kenyatta Johnson to steer the sometimes meandering proceedings back into productive territory. Johnson asked pertinent questions on key concerns held by the public, including getting a commitment from Deputy Managing Director for Transportation and Infrastructure Michael Carroll that the arena would not place an undue strain on access to nearby Jefferson Hospital."},{"_id":"LQXANFLGMZEHPIXFTWTY77X6LY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997743},"type":"text","content":"Administration officials, for their part, were well-prepared for questions both silly and serious."},{"_id":"2MARQ3KBJVGYDLRELWHSAU64LM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997744},"type":"text","content":"While Mayor Cherelle L. Parker herself has admitted that she is, at times, “<a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/mayor-cherelle-parker-kensington-town-hall-20240507.html\">building the plane while I’m flying it</a>,” Chief of Staff Tiffany W. 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As planning and development’s Lawrence pointed out during the hearing, Market Street is a failed commercial corridor. A successful new high-rise could induce other landowners along Market to get building."},{"_id":"5DU34DJ3O5CBBEPIRPII5ENTCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997748},"type":"text","content":"Squilla has since partnered with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. to build a <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/housing/chinatown-affordable-housing-sixers-arena-20241115.html\">56-unit tower at 11th and Winter</a>. He’s also proposed new zoning limits in Chinatown, aimed at curbing the potential encroachment of sports bars and nightclubs. These are steps in the right direction. 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Council can start by reinserting the housing tower into the plan and overhauling the community benefits agreement to ensure Chinatown and other nearby neighborhoods receive the lion’s share of the proposed $50 million in the compact, rather than the mayor’s pet projects."},{"_id":"FXJ7YZAGOJC2RDVXJH5F73RSQA","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"LUUJNLUNRVEJJOCESXBDUIXPXY"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"Now that Mayor Parker backs the Sixers arena, whither Chinatown? | Editorial","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/sixers-arena-proposal-chinatown-mayor-cherelle-parker-20240918.html"},{"_id":"ZJ5GIBDNQZGHTLOMOCZ6PKZDVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997751},"type":"text","content":"Parker’s initiatives like year-round school and job training programs may be worthwhile, but they are ultimately citywide priorities that have little to do with the arena itself. The community benefits funds would be used most effectively if they were focused on mitigating traffic and public safety concerns, and making sure businesses affected by the disruption of construction are compensated."},{"_id":"CDFOQHFY6FA2ZMDWD5L6O2VRLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997752},"type":"text","content":"Additionally, Council might consider making requests that would enhance the project for those closest to it. For example, space could be set aside on the arena’s ground floor for restaurants now located in Chinatown and at the nearby Reading Terminal Market. Council could also ask the Sixers to follow the lead of <a href=\"https://www.climatepledgearena.com/transportation/\">Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena</a>, which includes a public transportation voucher with every ticket."},{"_id":"JKRZMJICG5FT5EVM6ODPNRNO34","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997753},"type":"text","content":"The Sixers should commit to contributing more money to the community benefits agreement. It also wouldn’t hurt if one of the team owners showed at least a modicum of respect to the proceedings by actually <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/sixers-arena-hearings-philadelphia-city-council-community-benefits-20241113.html\" target=\"_blank\">attending the hearings</a>."},{"_id":"QJKFQNUPIZFFZC2XFEGUOYB5GE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731964997754},"type":"text","content":"Hovering over Council’s deliberations, of course, is the Sixers’ threatened move to New Jersey if the arena isn’t built in Center City. 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650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/X1NTbu94XeX9-qBt6BkH9jMl50M=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/3IDD2H3CP5HR3ENHE5ZTINNZWU.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Henry Marini, 102</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--1 js-person\" data-person=\"c-richard-fida-99\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/k1zgsdvIujRzNjc2LeodlPQQ0Pc=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/TS4UGNZMXBFLXOI5R52TWCQ3NY.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/j9HIHO29ay98wrJTkQs4m1RP-rM=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/TS4UGNZMXBFLXOI5R52TWCQ3NY.jpg 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Richard Fida, 99</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--2 js-person\" data-person=\"edna-wooden-104\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/3nzoxnSBOkZKJ6BBKDd0qdrttCo=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/OZNT2RX77NDXTKQMGREUNLOT6Q.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/Gjt7hW8qOtt7kcpzavXgx9Ngh7U=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/OZNT2RX77NDXTKQMGREUNLOT6Q.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/wm4vAlioQJisVQgTWNDdI6mUdbU=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/OZNT2RX77NDXTKQMGREUNLOT6Q.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/k5CoaQxHL8BC3NEvmZjcMNzfkUw=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/OZNT2RX77NDXTKQMGREUNLOT6Q.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/3nzoxnSBOkZKJ6BBKDd0qdrttCo=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/OZNT2RX77NDXTKQMGREUNLOT6Q.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Edna Wooden, 104</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--3 js-person\" data-person=\"wanda-wilcke-99\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/eTu7RCr-7ahwPK628rfLv2XJN98=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IJ5B7MVZKNGJNIWBHN3WLRRWEA.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/T_4s4dV07tkDxZSI_E3OinZCmQU=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IJ5B7MVZKNGJNIWBHN3WLRRWEA.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/qeJiKboaG18vzJB1l4w4eUn6Pw8=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IJ5B7MVZKNGJNIWBHN3WLRRWEA.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/zo_V28qGLQa_0Fa4Vsz99A6MRFI=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IJ5B7MVZKNGJNIWBHN3WLRRWEA.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/eTu7RCr-7ahwPK628rfLv2XJN98=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IJ5B7MVZKNGJNIWBHN3WLRRWEA.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Wanda Wilcke, 99</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--4 js-person\" data-person=\"juanita-goss-101\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/k4CmUrmqajlqx3DhYjAII3E2KnI=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/525BBWXH7NFQXCV4UTEUNMG74A.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/rFWV7NJSyBZNXBqB4zhRv0rAIKA=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/525BBWXH7NFQXCV4UTEUNMG74A.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/wQtNkGAOero5PdOu3USsmjrjg8A=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/525BBWXH7NFQXCV4UTEUNMG74A.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/0FsovSUxLHD6LcSKYdPpPVpjdMI=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/525BBWXH7NFQXCV4UTEUNMG74A.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/k4CmUrmqajlqx3DhYjAII3E2KnI=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/525BBWXH7NFQXCV4UTEUNMG74A.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Juanita Goss, 101</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--5 js-person\" data-person=\"anthony-krylow-102\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/1CVOfHRPn_5tZgQAYm9iUUk_V2w=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IBJ5FRQWWZCAJE3QWYLRAATRUQ.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/jlKnmg43xa9vemajn-ALSU1tK-k=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IBJ5FRQWWZCAJE3QWYLRAATRUQ.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/kPX0PsrR8u0A-tvbW09AFGB1DUI=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IBJ5FRQWWZCAJE3QWYLRAATRUQ.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/DIs1KRQWe3hT6EDb7rZTcKUA3ik=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IBJ5FRQWWZCAJE3QWYLRAATRUQ.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/1CVOfHRPn_5tZgQAYm9iUUk_V2w=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/IBJ5FRQWWZCAJE3QWYLRAATRUQ.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Anthony Krylow, 102</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--6 js-person\" data-person=\"caroline-merrill-109\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/riks6JmjDXxhtUyaKaH78kMV17A=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/ILAHPTTHLZBJ7FLKVLN55EVALM.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/p_ADdZApBMgekVKl3EljH5fLJMM=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/ILAHPTTHLZBJ7FLKVLN55EVALM.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/1ktKpDzNLBoOuQn18RipY0Lzt4M=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/ILAHPTTHLZBJ7FLKVLN55EVALM.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/m_o-JlS9kBqgviFX-b05YmMPC7M=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/ILAHPTTHLZBJ7FLKVLN55EVALM.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/riks6JmjDXxhtUyaKaH78kMV17A=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/ILAHPTTHLZBJ7FLKVLN55EVALM.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Caroline Merrill, 109</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--7 js-person\" data-person=\"marie-silvestri-100\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/ml_bNikD_6Zof6oSCYbB5vJKUkU=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GAMHUIYVKFFO5OBVLR42PCIURU.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/TbG07IxD3zCFk8jYoDsCi_NE8S8=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GAMHUIYVKFFO5OBVLR42PCIURU.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/lg6NpXW_aJ1kpV2oH8yj69zZGgk=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GAMHUIYVKFFO5OBVLR42PCIURU.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/at7AK-hLaYq_hkfXYfFX0jwzCbg=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GAMHUIYVKFFO5OBVLR42PCIURU.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/ml_bNikD_6Zof6oSCYbB5vJKUkU=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GAMHUIYVKFFO5OBVLR42PCIURU.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Marie Silvestri, 100</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--8 js-person\" data-person=\"philomena-liberkowski-103\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/sGS77A45pL_H4mMSTIHCWEY1m4o=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/W7E4HNLV2FHL7P2CHR6JISJHHY.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/fF7Mml-ZSCEZrOvDDdbBzTGrMcY=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/W7E4HNLV2FHL7P2CHR6JISJHHY.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/0khAmQN4OAG6AINuPQ4fSZ5mAf0=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/W7E4HNLV2FHL7P2CHR6JISJHHY.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/sDgW2sWIt5V3PnVSZU2jHbkRPZ8=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/W7E4HNLV2FHL7P2CHR6JISJHHY.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/sGS77A45pL_H4mMSTIHCWEY1m4o=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/W7E4HNLV2FHL7P2CHR6JISJHHY.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Philomena Liberkowski, 103</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--9 js-person\" data-person=\"rosanna-lazin-100\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/gaMQbts_Fmsl4ndXMjIHMh2KDto=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/CERUMDUQUJFVXEFN23KDUN7SO4.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/LjwrSr-bG3I9geXadPOb7mwPiFw=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/CERUMDUQUJFVXEFN23KDUN7SO4.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/vImOlAXEIpsdJhnfAzZsJshYpcE=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/CERUMDUQUJFVXEFN23KDUN7SO4.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/x1gmUNlJnF-VyjeMQmIxjwbxe-A=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/CERUMDUQUJFVXEFN23KDUN7SO4.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/gaMQbts_Fmsl4ndXMjIHMh2KDto=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/CERUMDUQUJFVXEFN23KDUN7SO4.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Rosanna Lazin, 100</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--10 js-person\" data-person=\"catharine-koenig-102\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/TEqryHR7PgrteerxCi9QXIAQbs4=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KFCO6KD2PRDHNJRT36AE3RUTXE.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/zRZn0GDXwQP5tJzi8iijaFjL0m8=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KFCO6KD2PRDHNJRT36AE3RUTXE.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/p7pMtrg8zUcv5EbLZrbS6OsDnhU=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KFCO6KD2PRDHNJRT36AE3RUTXE.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/KoFfdWlYLEZPW2CC6YVeIzHHMYY=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KFCO6KD2PRDHNJRT36AE3RUTXE.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/TEqryHR7PgrteerxCi9QXIAQbs4=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/KFCO6KD2PRDHNJRT36AE3RUTXE.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Catharine Koenig, 102</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--11 js-person\" data-person=\"herman-whilby-106\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/0gZgjY48pQVco0CKqVm0_yJw9aM=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BWG7XVKN4ZC3DDCDJS64HETC7M.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/5ZWomNqiSQaSrN7JwTDusHBCBd0=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BWG7XVKN4ZC3DDCDJS64HETC7M.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/kVkI7ZlRHCjCoFHyRxKhU5ZpoyM=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BWG7XVKN4ZC3DDCDJS64HETC7M.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/gqA7xYU5bMhloAcaIrtVbXiNbWc=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BWG7XVKN4ZC3DDCDJS64HETC7M.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/0gZgjY48pQVco0CKqVm0_yJw9aM=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BWG7XVKN4ZC3DDCDJS64HETC7M.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Herman Whilby, 106</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--12 js-person\" data-person=\"newton-newt-brown-meade-100\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/9LCfShiQKvWTHz5od7UbpEhCVJ4=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LLZCRMZYGBHBZNUS3RWA2ZFLPQ.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/Ijsj9fSPT9TUkzSxKXA8JfB0mWQ=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LLZCRMZYGBHBZNUS3RWA2ZFLPQ.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/MiWudJz-zTOJD0nIVl5MocvecQY=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LLZCRMZYGBHBZNUS3RWA2ZFLPQ.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/pVbGwndWMFVHqXXcfHHNG9RKhRE=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LLZCRMZYGBHBZNUS3RWA2ZFLPQ.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/9LCfShiQKvWTHz5od7UbpEhCVJ4=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/LLZCRMZYGBHBZNUS3RWA2ZFLPQ.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Newton “Newt” Brown Meade, 100</div></div><div class=\"inno-people__person inno-people__person--13 js-person\" data-person=\"charles-malloy-99\"><figure class=\"inno-image inno-layout--stack-tight \"><img class=\"inno-image__img\" src=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/EpAkTFhfvaizQygVkoYo7tAICBI=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GZC3OSLPMBCG5HPB4EQMHGFBQU.jpg\" srcSet=\"https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/4q_rQl-NdXnw_WxMbAdhYXEXzuc=/2600x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GZC3OSLPMBCG5HPB4EQMHGFBQU.jpg 2600w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/81EzV1qGi_oro7BFY25lw0ilG08=/1300x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GZC3OSLPMBCG5HPB4EQMHGFBQU.jpg 1300w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/PWdbzdXgHZ_5ueCe4CuVexOEFb0=/650x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GZC3OSLPMBCG5HPB4EQMHGFBQU.jpg 650w,,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/EpAkTFhfvaizQygVkoYo7tAICBI=/325x0/filters:format(webp):quality(60)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/GZC3OSLPMBCG5HPB4EQMHGFBQU.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\"/></figure><div class=\"inno-people__tag\">Charles Malloy, 99</div></div></div><div class=\"inno-videoplayer js-videoplayer\"><div class=\"inno-videoplayer__headings\"><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"intro\">Intro</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"welcome\">Can you introduce yourself?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"age\">How does it feel to be that age?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"secret\">What’s your secret to living to 100?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"advice\">What advice would you give to younger people?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"accomplishment\">Can you describe your proudest life accomplishment?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"love\">What does love mean to you?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"changes\">What are some of the biggest changes you have seen in your lifetime?</h3><h3 class=\"inno-heading inno-videoplayer__heading js-videoplayer-heading\" data-id=\"dating-advice\">What dating advice do 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src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/advice--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/advice--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"accomplishment\" data-person=\"wanda-wilcke-99\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/accomplishment--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/accomplishment--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"love\" data-person=\"charles-malloy-99\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/love--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/love--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"changes\" data-person=\"catharine-koenig-102\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/changes--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/changes--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"dating-advice\" data-person=\"catharine-koenig-102\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/dating-advice--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/dating-advice--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"lasting-love\" data-person=\"newton-newt-brown-meade-100\" playsinline=\"\"><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/lasting-love--desktop.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\"/><source src=\"https://interactives.inquirer.com/projects/2024/09/centenarian/1725659873358/assets/videos/lasting-love--mobile.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"/></video><video class=\"inno-videoplayer__video js-videoplayer-video\" data-id=\"partner\" data-person=\"henry-marini-102\" playsinline=\"\"><source 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inno-controls__button--playpause is-paused is-inactive js-button js-controls-playpause\" aria-label=\"Toggle audio playing state\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--play \"><path d=\"M84 50 16 10.7v78.5z\"></path></svg><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--pause \"><path d=\"M42.2 8.4H11v83.2h31.2zM89 8.4H57.8v83.2H89z\"></path></svg><span class=\"inno-button__label js-button-label\">Play</span></button></div></div><div class=\"inno-videocall__content inno-layout--stack\"><p class=\"inno-p \">Earlier this year, The Inquirer interviewed 14 people in Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware Counties who are close to or over 100 years old. They shared insights on love, faith, family, and the simple yet profound things that matter most in life.</p><hr class=\"inno-divider\"/><h2 class=\"inno-heading inno-anchorable \" id=\"ask-a-question\">Ask a question</h2><div class=\"inno-questions\"><button class=\"inno-button inno-button--primary inno-button--medium inno-questions__button inno-questions__button--intro js-button js-question-button\" aria-label=\"Intro\" data-video=\"intro\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--play \"><path d=\"M84 50 16 10.7v78.5z\"></path></svg><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--pause \"><path d=\"M42.2 8.4H11v83.2h31.2zM89 8.4H57.8v83.2H89z\"></path></svg><span class=\"inno-button__label js-button-label\">Intro</span></button><button class=\"inno-button inno-button--primary inno-button--medium inno-questions__button inno-questions__button--welcome js-button js-question-button\" aria-label=\"Can you introduce yourself?\" data-video=\"welcome\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--play \"><path d=\"M84 50 16 10.7v78.5z\"></path></svg><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--pause \"><path d=\"M42.2 8.4H11v83.2h31.2zM89 8.4H57.8v83.2H89z\"></path></svg><span class=\"inno-button__label js-button-label\">Can you introduce yourself?</span></button><button class=\"inno-button inno-button--primary inno-button--medium inno-questions__button inno-questions__button--age js-button js-question-button\" aria-label=\"How does it feel to be that age?\" data-video=\"age\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xml:space=\"preserve\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" class=\"inno-icon inno-icon--play \"><path d=\"M84 50 16 10.7v78.5z\"></path></svg><svg 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After Catharine Koenig, 103, lost her “dear hub,” she joined a memorable, monthlong group trip in China. Edna Wooden, 104, told me her favorite memories are traveling in England, Spain, China, Japan, Germany, and South America.","type":"text"},{"content":"While he was competing in tennis matches, Newton “Newt” Brown Meade, 101, traveled “all over Europe and way down to South Africa with my wife.” And when Marie Silvestri, 100, retired, she traveled with her husband in Europe and Africa. “It was wonderful,” she said. “It was really very enlightening to see different cultures.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Every person talked about religion","type":"header"},{"content":"None of our questions were about religion, but every centenarian we spoke with brought up their faith. “The Lord makes sure that he wants everybody to be happy,” C. 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When Goss was younger, she lived near Haverford College and would walk her dog or walk alone. “I found, in walking, it cleared my mind,” she said. She took her children camping as much as possible. “Nature to me is very healing,” she said.","type":"text"},{"content":"Eat vegetables!","type":"header"},{"content":"Anthony Krylow, 101, was quiet until we asked him about advice he’d give to younger people. “Eat a lot of vegetables. Eat right. I always have a salad before I have dinner,” he said emphatically. (And reader, I’ll tell you, after I heard that advice, I have significantly upped my intake of vegetables.)","type":"text"},{"content":"Lazin credits her family’s garden with her health. “Wherever our family was, we always had a garden,” she said. “We had beans and we had tomatoes and we had squash, and we had turnips and all kinds of vegetables.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Choose a partner wisely","type":"header"},{"content":"Henry Marini, 102, told me his advice for younger people is “Keep a good wife or keep a good whatever you do, and keep it going because that’s the best thing they got when you get old.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Many centenarians love their partners deeply, even the ones who have passed. Koenig told me her favorite memory is “marrying one of the best men that God could give me.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Lazin said she and her husband “enjoyed a good life together, and I’ve enjoyed a good life ever since” — she lost him in 1978 from multiple myeloma. He made two fruit cakes for their family every year, even though he didn’t like fruit cake. She loved his mechanical mind and the ways he could take an engine apart and put it back together again on the kitchen table.","type":"text"},{"content":"Goss said that communication is the essence of any relationship. “You can’t be too quiet. You have to get to know the person as much as you can and your motives,” she said. “Why are you getting married, or why are you attracted and spending your time — time is so valuable — spending your time with this person?”","type":"text"},{"content":"Gratitude makes daily life sing","type":"header"},{"content":"“Say your prayers every day and be thankful,” Lazin said. “I especially am thankful for my health.” Silvestri thanks God for the fact that she survived breast cancer in her late 60s. Whilby thanks God for every day he is alive: “Every day I get up, I say, thank you Lord for another day.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Wilcke, after five years in the Congo as a missionary, noticed that cars had completely changed, “But you just enjoy living wherever you are and be thankful for what you’ve got. That’s the most important thing.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Goss’ last job was as a librarian. “I can remember sometimes coming home from work and the tears would come, but it wasn’t sad tears, it was grateful tears,” she said. “Everything has worked so well for me … As far as I’m concerned, we don’t deserve things, but I’m very grateful.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Joy is always available","type":"header"},{"content":"Joy is readily available, if only we know where to look. Merrill’s wisdom is simple: “I love every moment. So I’m very happy.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Whilby loves to laugh. “You know, I’m a joker. 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Visits from family brighten their lives; Merrill was delighted that her son visited her from Texas the week before our conversation.","type":"text"},{"content":"Wooden’s proudest accomplishment is her “three wonderful sons and their wives … There’s nothing they wouldn’t do for me,” she said. “If I need anything, they’re there for me.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Silvestri has eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. “They’re all beautiful and smart. I’m proud of them all.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Malloy said of his family: “I’ve married well, and I have great children. They’re all a blessing.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Asking elders for their stories is perhaps the most life-affirming thing we can do","type":"header"},{"content":"Opening ourselves up to hearing the voices of elders is a deep dive into wisdom that has the potential to remind us of what is truly important. As Goss simply put it: “Love and have a dog and live in the suburbs and don’t have bad habits. 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