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Opinion & Essay

A 2019 file photo of a North Philadelphia rooming house. Many returning citizens live in unregulated rooming houses because they have few other options. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Disrupting poverty in Philly with housing help for people returning from prison

Pa. has the second-highest imprisonment rate in the U.S. The Supervision to Aid Re-Entry (STAR) program connects returning citizens with the support they need.

4 days ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Home appraisals drive America’s racial wealth gap — 95% of Philly’s appraisers are white.

Appraisal bias contributes to wealth disparities and segregation in Philadelphia and other cities. Diversifying the appraisal industry would help.

6 days ago

For the sixth day in a row, protesters demanded racial justice in the city of Philadelphia on June 4, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Creating safe communities in Philly starts with listening to communities impacted by violence

In order for Philadelphia to make a real change when it comes to disinvestment, leaders listen to the wisdom of the people who live here.

7 days ago

Our Town Alley in East Norriton, Pennsylvania (NBC10)
The Philadelphia Experiment
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The Philadelphia Experiment

Our Town bowling alley is a murder scene, and things will never be the same

My family has spent many evenings at Our Town bowling alley. Now that a murder has taken place there, I wonder if things will ever be the same.

1 week ago

Kyle Hiller outside his home in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Community
Eyes on the Street

Coming home to West Philadelphia without survivor’s guilt

Writer Kyle V. Hiller left West Philadelphia, where he was raised, to attend college. His 2020 return was a homecoming he never could have anticipated.

2 weeks ago

A Philadelphia household mixes political signs and holiday decor in their front windows during the turbulent fall of 2020. (Conrad Benner for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Eyes on the Street

Black Lives Matter and rainbows: How Philly windows got political

The pandemic turned a place for cozy seasonal displays into a space for public dialogue.

3 weeks ago

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Education

The next generation of American voters must learn to decipher fact from fiction

Olga Polites, a high school English teacher, makes the case for mandating media literacy in public schools.

4 weeks ago

¡Stop! by Rey Sierra (Photography Without Borders)
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Eyes on the Street

La vida en lockdown: North Philly teens capture pandemic moments in photos

Philadelphia teens working with Photography Without Borders captured the range of emotions of life in lockdown.

4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Proposed constitutional amendment threatens independence of Pa. appellate courts

Deborah Gross, president and CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and Lauren P. McKenna, chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, argue that House Bill 38 threatens

4 weeks ago

Protesters march from the scene of Walter Wallace Jr.’s killing to Malcolm X Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly is in the national spotlight again, and race is the through line

While perfection may be unrealistic, the pursuit of a more perfect city should always be our goal, writes WHYY’s Christopher Norris.

1 month ago

Mural in West Philadelphia by Paris Stancel and Dave McShane
PlanPhilly
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Eyes on the Street

Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too

Philadelphia stands to lose more than murals if the city, employers, and cultural institutions don’t do more to support the artists that create them.

1 month ago

Neighbors Allison Sacks (left), Brayden Varr (center) and Christie Vazquez (right) outside the Station Bar at 16th and McKean streets in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

4 broken windows, 150 311 calls: What needs to happen before a bar is shut down?

We fear how many other businesses in the city are breaking laws and impairing the quality of life for residents without any consequences.

1 month ago

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Community

‘Meeting physical force with soul force’: In King’s legacy, a guide to fight with words, images, and peace

Rev. David W. Brown reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the media, and the Capitol riots.

1 month ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol
Community

The Capitol insurrection was never about the election. It was about white supremacy.

What else explains how people can think it’s perfectly within their rights to try to overthrow the government because their guy didn’t win?

2 months ago

A police officer moves through tear gas deployed to disperse a crowd as Justice for George Floyd Philadelphia protests continue in Philly
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
Eyes on the Street

I got shot with a rubber bullet by police. It was a painful lesson about white supremacy

Getting hit by a rubber bullet helped Judith Max Palmer understand the wanton violence that Black communities experience too often at the hands of police.

2 months ago

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