Taylor Allen

The Historical Commission unanimously approved Rite Aid’s plan to demolish the midcentury modern Penn Fruit landmark.

34-year-old Tya Winn enters her new role as director of the Community Design Collaborative with a focus on community development and affordable housing.

Landlord groups say the hold on evictions is tantamount to stealing from property owners.

After Philadelphia Police released bodycam footage of Walter Wallace Jr.’s shooting death, West Philadelphia residents have ideas for reform.

The program offers tenants up to $1,500 a month for rental assistance for six months, and homeowners can get $1,000 a month for six months.

A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.

Local workshops focused on birth trauma and birth-worker training address some women’s desires for alternative, and better, experiences.

Mayor Jim Kenney wants to invest more in education and career development with no tax increases during the last budget address of his first term.

Maori Karmael Holmes, who began the BlackStar Film Festival, wanted to provide a film festival for black creators in Philadelphia. It quickly became much bigger.

Robert Listenbee Jr., a former official in the Obama administration, works to keep kids out of the criminal justice system through rehabilitation.

Temple and Penn have updated policies as fraternities and sororities participate in efforts to raise awareness. But is it enough?

Black women have higher rates of birth complications at hospitals because doctors often don’t believe their pain.