Trudy Rubin

Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the The Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers may write to her at: Philadelphia Inquirer, P.O. Box 8263, Philadelphia, Pa. 19101, or by email at trubin@phillynews.com.

The recent NATO summit found members united to help Ukraine, but Biden's timidity and Trump's fecklessness weighed heavily on the event, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

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Column: Biden and Trump cast long shadows on NATO summit

July 19, 2024 at 6:07 p.m.

The recent NATO summit found members united to help Ukraine, but Biden's timidity and Trump's fecklessness weighed heavily on the event, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

Help those victimized by war by directing assistance to groups working on the ground in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

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Opinion: Ways to help victims of war this holiday season

December 24, 2023 at 6:07 p.m.

Help those victimized by war by directing assistance to groups working on the ground in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

Lawmakers questioning further aid to Ukraine should review the horror inflicted in Mariupol through a PBS documentary to air Tuesday, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

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Opinion: Documentary sheds light on Putin’s mass murder in Ukraine

November 19, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.

Lawmakers questioning further aid to Ukraine should review the horror inflicted in Mariupol through a PBS documentary to air Tuesday, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

Thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who helped our troops shouldn't still be waiting for visa application processing, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

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Opinion: Resolve the visa blockage for those who helped our troops

September 22, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.

Thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who helped our troops shouldn't still be waiting for visa application processing, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

Moscow’s brutish strengths underline the David vs. Goliath nature of Ukraine struggle, not unlike the chutzpah it took America’s ragtag patriots to take on the British, The Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Trudy Rubin writes.

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Opinion: Why Ukraine’s fight is America’s fight

August 28, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.

Moscow’s brutish strengths underline the David vs. Goliath nature of Ukraine struggle, not unlike the chutzpah it took America’s ragtag patriots to take on the British, The Philadelphia Inquirer columnist...

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Opinion: A way to help Ukrainian civilians at Christmastime

December 21, 2022 at 11:05 p.m.

Trudy Rubin is an op-ed columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians. At a time...

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Opinion: Ukraine scores breakthrough that should energize Western support

September 13, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.

Trudy Rubin is an op-ed columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. An elderly Ukrainian village woman comes to her garden gate and freezes as she watches a soldier approach. Then she...

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Opinion: Putin’s aggression has turned Ukraine into a nation of refugees

July 15, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.

Trudy Rubin is an opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. KYIV, Ukraine — Driving around the heart of the Ukrainian capital one might almost think things had returned to normal....

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Opinion: Putin is the unabashed lord of war crimes

June 30, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.

Trudy Rubin is a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When a 2,000-pound Russian missile slammed into a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday —...

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Opinion: Latest Putin speech shows how Ukraine can win

May 12, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.

Trudy Rubin is an op-ed columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. When Vladimir Putin stood on a Red Square podium Monday, at the annual celebration of the Soviet victory in World...

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