How to Fight the Politics of Racism, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 1990.
New Acme should meets the needs of community as well as corporation, Mt. Airy Times-Express, May 9, 2001.
Misunderstandings Abound in Cecilian Village Project, Chestnut Hill Local, January 18, 2003
Why we may have to fight, Chestnut Hill Local, March 13, 2003.
R8: We Are Not Out of the Woods Yet, Chestnut Hill Local, July 3, 2003
R8 Preservation Depends Upon Budget Deal, Mt. Airy Times Express, August 6, 2003
Inventing (and Un-inventing) West Mt. Airy, Mt. Airy Times Express, January 7, 2004
SEPTA and Snidely Whiplash, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2003.
SEPTAās bumpy deficit-plagued road, The Philadelphia Inquirer, MayĀ 20, 2004
Put SEPTA On The Rails With Slots, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 28, 2004
Understanding the Johnson Street Dispute Mt. Airy Times Express and Germantown Courier, September 29, 2004. Also published as On Johnson Street, The Issue is Not Race, Philadelphia Public Record, October 7,2004.
SEPTA is Beyond Band-Aid Fixes, Mt. Airy Times-Express and Germantown Courier, October 20, 2004 and Chestnut Hill Local, October 21, 2004
We Canāt Afford to Flunk Transit, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 16, 2004
Renewing Coalitions: Labor Community Groups and the PTC, Philadelphia Public Record, May Ā 2005
Political Posters, Incumbent Protection, and the Colors of Fall, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2005
The Kind of WMAN We Need, Mt. Airy Times Express, June, 2005
Trolleys, the public good, and political will, Chestnut Hill Local, June 16, 2005
Neighborhood Networks: Our Aims and Goals, Philadelphia Public Record, August 18, 2005
Cherelle Parker is the right choice, Chestnut Hill Local, September 8, 2005
Take That Mr. Steffens: We Are Content No More, Daily News, November 14, 2005
The Case for Inclusionary Zoning, Daily News, June 19, 2006
A Half-Step Forward On Inclusionary Housing, Daily News, November, 2006 with Daniel Hunter
Talking Transit with Marc Stier, Green City Journal, January 15, 2007
Towards a Beautiful Politics: The Next Great City Initiative, PennĀ Future Website, originally posted on my blog on February 3, 2007
An Interview with Marc Stier, Philadelphia Jewish Voice, May 2007
The budget for the bus goes round and round, round and round.ā The City Paper, May 30, 2007
Save the SEPTA Transfers, Daily News, July 17, 2007
Reformerās Round Table: SEPTA and the poor, The Metro, October 1, 2007 with Eric Johanson and Frederic Murphy
Small Business and Health Care Reform, I wrote this for Peter Handler and Karen Singer to sign. Daily News,Ā April 2, 2008.
Waiting For Health Care: Doctors and patients need state action on health and malpractice insurance. I wrote this for Dr. Valerie Arkoosh to sign. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,Ā April 16, 2008
Even if GOP plan works, it will be inadequate, Harrisburg Patriot-News,Ā June 17, 2008
GOP health care plan copies Chairman Mao, The Morning Call, June 23, 2008
Should health care be a partisan issue? Ā I wrote this op-ed for Antoinette Kraus to sign. Pottsville Mercury, Ā June 30, 2008.
Health Care Cure for the Economy, Philadelphia Daily News, February 11, 2009.
We Need a Bridge to Health Care, Chestnut Hill Local, April 2, 2009
Yes, we HCAN, letter to the editor, Philadelphia City Paper,Ā April 30, 2009
Specterās Leadership on Health Care Is a Must, The Morning Call, May 28, 2009
No White Sales in Medicine, Please or Why Taxing Expensive Insurance Plans Wonāt Work, Philadelphia Daily News, August 5, 2009
Holden Needs To Get His Facts Straight, Harrisburg Patriot-News, December 31, 2009
Where Do Our Health Insurance Premiums Go?, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday,Ā December 20, 2009
Fear of deficits haunts our politics, Philadelphia Daily News, June 21, 2010
GOP leaders should lobby Congress for extra stimulus dollars, Harrisburg Post-Gazette, July 6, 2010.
Voucher bill wonāt help those who need it most, Germantown Chronicle and the Mt. Airy Independent, April 29-May 11, 2011
What did you do during the class war, Mommy and Daddy?, Daily News, September 23, 2010
The design behind the Republican voucher plans: Medicare and Education Allentown Morning Call, Friday, July 1, 2011
Bush era tax cuts fall short, Harrisburg Patriot News, July 3, 2001
Democrats threaten Medicaid, Too, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tuesday, July 05, 2011
The Founding Fathers and Health care, Philadelphia Public Record, March 15, 2012
HomeownersāDonāt fight the AVI, itās good for you, Daily News, May 29, 2012
Weāre getting the election we need, Newsworks, September 28, 2012
Lose our newspapers and we lose our city, Newsworks, January 31, 2013
Take money for Medicaid, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2013
Six reasons why we should keep the state wine and liquor stores, Newsworks, March 7, 2013
3 reasons to ignore the porn scandal, 1 good reason to care a lot, Newsworks, October 22, 2014
4 reasons why fans of good government should oppose PGW sale, Newsworks, November 13, 2014
Beyond cameras and trainingāhere are five more ways to improve police oversight, Newsworks, December 8, 2014
Who should choose the next mayorāPhiladelphia voters or four billionaires?, Newsworks, May 12, 2015
Pa. Republicans should meet Wolf halfway on state budget, Newsworks, November 3, 2015
Pa. sales tax can be expanded in an equitable way, Newsworks, December 7, 2015
Representative Groveās Diatribe Off-Key, York Daily Record, January 13, 2016
On PA budget: āDeclare victoryā and go home, NewsWorks, February 5
Taxman will knock on certain doors, Allentown Morning Call, February 8
Wolf, legislators, and school advocates must stand together for PA education, Newsworks, March 16
Those feeling brunt of soda tax will also feel benefits, Philadelphia Daily News, April 19, 2016
How to create a progressive income tax in Pennsylvania, Newsworks, May 24, 2016
Those feeling brunt of soda tax will also feel benefits, Philadelphia Daily News, April 19, 2016
How to create a progressive income tax in Pennsylvania, Newsworks, May 24
Hereās a smoke and mirrors free way to Here’s a smoke-and-mirrors free way to balance the state budget, PennLive, July 7, 2016