Opinion & Essay

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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.