Joan Lamm-Tennant, a tenured Villanova professor with a Ph.D. in finance, had never served on a board or worked as a CEO, writes Alisha Haridasani Gupta for The New York Times. With that bac... Read more
Today’s fight to use gender-inclusive pronouns is not the first time grammar has found itself in the middle of political discourse, as 17th-century Quakers also rebelled against the rules of... Read more
Limiting screen time for children at a time when video games are becoming a potential source of income is getting more challenging for parents, writes Dr. Leonard Sax for The New York Times.... Read more
The majority of planet-warming greenhouse gases in the country come from driving in the nation’s cities and suburbs, including the Philadelphia metro area, write Nadja Popovich and Denise Lu... Read more
Although it is run today from the Focus Brand’s headquarters in Atlanta, Auntie Anne’s has managed to preserve its Pennsylvania roots that trace back to a single stand in Downingtown, writes... Read more
A Newtown Square man jailed in East Germany in 1961 on suspicion of espionage – his ordeal was dramatized in the Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies – died this month at the age of 86, wri... Read more
Gabriel Weinberg, the founder and CEO of Paoli-based DuckDuckGo, is taking aim at Google by providing users with a search engine focused on privacy, writes Nathaniel Popper for The New York... Read more
The Amish population in neighboring Lancaster County is growing every year despite the intrusion of urban sprawl, according to a report from The Associated Press. According to Census figures... Read more
Philadelphia is among the metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of adults living with their parents, writes Michael Kolomatsky for The New York Times. Nationwide, the number of adul... Read more
The consensus among demographers and economists runs contrary to President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that characterized the country as full, write Neil Irwin and Emily Badger for The N... Read more
