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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.

3 years 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.

3 years ago

Councilmember Kendra Brooks
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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.

3 years ago

A group of people speak into microphones at a roundtable discussion.
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.

3 years ago

Holiday lights adorn every inch of a Cobbs Creek home
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.

3 years ago

Children sled down the levee that separates Williamson Park from the Delaware River in Morrisville
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.

3 years ago

Protesters take to the streets to demand freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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.

3 years ago

FILE - SEPTA bus in Center City Philadelphia.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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.

3 years ago

A silhouette of someone standing on a sidewalk is clear as traffic in the background going by is blurred.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table

PennDOT has committed to studying transit options on Roosevelt Blvd. This means that Philly is one step closer to a new subway line, writes doctoral student Jay Arzu.

3 years ago

Marty Moss-Coane is seen sitting on a desk in her office
Arts & Entertainment

After 35 years, Marty Moss-Coane says ‘so long’ to ‘Radio Times’

After some serious soul-searching, longtime “Radio Times” host Marty Moss-Coane says it’s time to end the program she loves.

3 years ago

Marty Moss-Coane poses for a photo at the studio
Arts & Entertainment

Photo essay: ‘Radio Times,’ through the decades

As longtime host Marty Moss-Coane and the “Radio Times” crew prepare for their final episode, here’s a look back on the show, through the decades.

3 years ago

A SEPTA bus travels west on Walnut Street. Route 9 is the worst SEPTA bus route for time performance. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA’s bus redesign leaves residents of Manayunk and Roxborough behind

SEPTA’s bus redesign does not improve overall public transit options for the lower Northwest section of Philadelphia, writes resident Rebecca Poyourow.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania National Guard and police stand guard in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

Why Rep. Amen Brown is wrong about the National Guard

Calling in the national guard is taking the lazy way out, writes Pastor Carl Day, a prominent public safety advocate.

3 years ago

Sussex County Sheriff Robert Lee, right, hands the election results to Georgetown Town Crier Kirk Lawson as Sussex County Return Day in 2018. (Delaware State News / Chuck Snyder)
Politics & Policy

Delaware post-election show of unity in jeopardy: Will Return Day fall victim to political polarization?

The Return Day tradition is in danger of being swept up – at least in part – in the polarization that has become commonplace in our nation’s discourse.

3 years ago

City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson. (Courtesy of Gilmore Richardson's office)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

This Philadelphia ballot question could help solve the workforce crisis in city government

A councilmember and union president make the case for the new civil service credit.

3 years ago

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