Swarthmore Borough is facing another large tax increase in 2026 and every borough expenditure must be analyzed for its return on investment. Implementing a new food scraps program in 2026 for $150,000 is neither a valid nor logical new large ongoing expense to incur for the borough. A mouse could not survive on my own food scraps and many residents will not utilize this curb pickup program — so the high cost will benefit only a few. If food scraps are that large of a problem in the borough, we can explore ways to merge it into the yard waste

The politics of Islamophobia in the U.S. is inextricably linked with the “war on terror,” and yet, in the last few weeks, the world saw a rather strange constellation of events that may bewilder the uninformed observer. An immigrant-born Muslim who is a self-described Democratic Socialist was not supposed to win a mayoral election in New York under a Trump presidency. Neither is the emir of what was once considered the largest offshoot of Al Qaeda supposed to visit the White House under the same administration. Yet here we are, in 2025. Both of these previously inconceivable things have happened