Opinion & Essay
What voting feels like when you are 18 in 2020
Zipporah Mooney, an 18-year-old Philadelphian, just voted in her first election. It felt like submitting an application for adulthood.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Dear Millennial and Gen Z voters, your ballot matters
The Millennial and Gen Z voter bloc is poised to overtake Baby Boomers in power at the polls.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
‘The war was at our door’: Saj and Tommy Blackwell on living through West Philly uprisings
Thomas Blackwell alleges he was beaten by police during a Monday protest of the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
5 years ago
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Eyes on the Street
The unintended harm of giving civic groups veto power over bike lanes
State Sen. John Sabatina’s amendment to Bill 565 would give RCOs veto power over bike lanes in Philadelphia and make them more vulnerable to lawsuits.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
How SEPTA is making transit safe for Philly’s 60,000 student commuters
Dariana Garcia traveled on SEPTA to her public Philly high school. Her brother will soon make the same trip — except during a pandemic.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Pandemic exposes Philly’s opportunity deserts. City Hall can fix that
As we face the isolating forces of an online school year, is Philadelphia doing everything it can do to help families tap into our collective civic assets?
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
The critics are wrong about Society Hill’s zoning bills
Two rezoning bills aimed at preserving Society Hill will not have exclusionary impacts, writes Society Hill Civic Association President Larry Spector.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
How a land value tax could make Philadelphia a more equitable city
By implementing a land value tax, Philadelphia could alleviate tax burdens on its most at-risk populations and help the city’s economy.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Stand back, Proud Boys. Philadelphia is stronger than you.
Philadelphia sent its own powerful message of joyful unity and powerful protest to the far-right fascist group last month.
5 years ago
How my time at an elite Philly private school inspired my film about isolation
Filmmaker André Robert Lee, the brainchild behind “The Prep School Negro,” writes about isolation, racism and identity.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
How one of Philly’s richest neighborhoods is gaming the system
Society Hill’s proposed zoning overlay will exclude people and restrict development based on misrepresentation of history, a preservationist writes.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Regional Rail is on life support. Essential workers can bring it back.
Ridership on Regional Rail is down 90%. SEPTA must change the system so it can serve essential workers — and draw people back to empty trains.
5 years ago
Eyes on the Street
2020 is killing small businesses. Philly won’t recover if we let them die
There are things the city can do to support struggling small businesses — and keep Philadelphia from falling deeper into poverty.
5 years ago
The Philadelphia Experiment
Several aspects of the Breonna Taylor ruling fail to add up
In a system designed to devalue and disregard the sanctity of Black life, Breonna Taylor’s case proves that the system isn’t broken. It’s working just fine.
5 years ago
The Philadelphia Experiment
What I learned when Kamala Harris came to my block
Columnist Solomon Jones shares his thoughts on what it will take for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to win the 2020 election.
6 years ago