John Sweeney

East Side native Hanifa Shabazz hopes to slow the epidemic of violence that has plagued the city in the past.

Says the longtime state auditor: "When it's time to go, you know it's time to go."

Fifty years since citizens of Wilmington reacted angrily to the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s past time to evaluate what we have learned and how far we have come.

Our institutions aren't what they used to be. The political system has changed, too—and not for the better. Solving our problems will require new leaders who can win new commitments from vested partners.

On the 250th anniversary of his "Letters"—some of the most important writing behind the American Revolution—it's time John Dickinson is paid his due.

Has there ever been a better marriage between a newspaper reporter and a state...