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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

How your support of free and fearless journalism can help preserve our democracy

This month we celebrate Democracy Day as a commitment to the preservation of our freedoms.

2 weeks ago

Care, Not Control youth leaders (including Bre Stoves- center) pose during a pop-up performance of music from Care, Not Control: The Album in North Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Naomieh Jovin)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
Eyes on the Street

Why Philly’s youth need to be included in the next mayor’s plan to stop violence

We're seeing increased "tough on crime" talk from certain candidates, but they don't understand the harms of increased policing, writes organizer Bre Stoves.

6 months ago

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Secrecy is too often the norm in Pennsylvania state and local governments

Some government officials find every reason to delay or deny access to public records, then use taxpayer dollars to fight the public in court. Spotlight PA is fighting back.

7 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A Roosevelt Blvd. subway is not guaranteed, but community input could help

One year ago, the Roosevelt Boulevard subway was a distant dream. Now, a study is underway and enthusiasm is high, writes Jay Arzu.

7 months ago

SEPTA riders board a bus in Center City, Philadelphia, on April 19, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly City Council can help SEPTA’s bus network better serve the city

Philadelphia City Council can be doing a lot more to support bus riders in the city, help speed up buses, and work toward transit equity.

7 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Opinion: Why the proposed 76ers arena is a false solution to dead zone on Market East

The proposed 76ers arena threatens to repeat the years of misguided development that created the dead zone on Market Street, writes Akira Drake Rodriguez.

8 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Community

Philadelphia real estate market is returning to ‘normal’

Home buying is more predictable as the Philadelphia real estate market recovers from the COVID-19 uncertainty.

8 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Opinion: Florida-based real estate firm is the latest to unfairly extract wealth from Black homeowners in Philadelphia

Ira Goldstein and Mitchell Little write that the latest attack on Black Philadelphians’ homeownership and wealth accumulation is a company called MV Realty.

8 months ago

In this April 2, 2019, file photo, rapper Meek Mill speaks at a gathering in Philadelphia to push for drastic changes to Pennsylvania's probation system. Philadelphia's District Attorney's office wants a new trial with a new judge for rapper Meek Mill. Larry Krasner submitted the brief Wednesday, May 22, 2019. He said former Judge Genece Brinkley's court
Courts & Law

Opinion | A robe in ruins: Why Judge Genece Brinkley is unfit to serve

A city that prioritizes justice cannot tolerate a judge who jails people illegally and vindictively, writes Nikki Grant of Amistad Movement Power.

8 months ago

Councilmember Kendra Brooks
PlanPhilly
Community

‘No work is insignificant’: When community service is what you’re called to do, you do it every day

Philly City Councilmember Kendra Brooks reflects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and encourages people to show up for their community, in whatever way they can.

8 months ago

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Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Community

Editor’s note: WHYY News is committed to telling stories about Philly’s fight to curb gun violence, and the reporting can be traumatic

WHYY News is committed to reporting on solutions to Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis, and we recognize the reporting may be traumatic for some.

9 months ago

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Community

From Cobbs Creek to Fishtown, Philly houses are all decked out for the holidays

We asked for the best-decorated homes in Philadelphia. You answered.

9 months ago

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Community

2022 in photos: A year of resilience and change in the Delaware Valley

Here’s a view from WHYY News photographers of how the last 12 months unfolded in real time.

9 months ago

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Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Experiment

Cruel and unusual: How the justice system is failing Mumia Abu-Jamal

Patterns of misconduct in Abu-Jamal’s case have convinced people that his constitutional right to equal justice under the law was violated, argues Linn Washington.

10 months ago

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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
Eyes on the Street

Philly’s next mayor must be ready to lead on transit issues

SEPTA is a state agency, but its ridership is overwhelmingly from Philly. The city’s next mayor will need to step up its involvement, writes transit advocate Matt Sullivan.

10 months ago

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