Changing Communities

As the country remembers MLK on the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination, the legacies of the two men are almost inseparable.

In urban spaces all over the world, pedestrians traverse their cities’ neighborhoods, with the goal of living by the standards set by urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs.

For years, an abandoned townhome development on East Collom Street has sat open to squatters and vermin.

The university’s proposed $130M stadium is the biggest — and most contentious — element of the university's growth plan but for Rawls, a smaller project hits closer to home.

Through the study, the two researchers sought to untangle the impacts of wealthier people moving into less affluent neighborhoods.

For National Poetry Month, Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn asked listeners to write poems about their communities.

One week ago, the arrest of two black men at a Rittenhouse Square Starbucks pushed a provocative idea about the racialization of urban space into mainstream conversation.

The proposed regulation was initially introduced as a public-safety minded response to a recent North Philadelphia housefire that killed four residents of a rooming house.

Francisville is under construction.Walk down almost any street in this North Philadelphia neighborhood, and there are houses—or multi-unit buildings—getting built.

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night conversation.

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.

Two Pennsylvania distributors provided new markets for some dairy farms facing closure, but many other farms still struggle with staying in business.

About six percent of Pennsylvanians don't have access to broadband internet, but providers say providing service in rural areas are economically burdening.

One of the nation’s largest dairy distributors is ending its contract with dozens of Pennsylvania dairy farms at the end of May.

Everyone has crossed paths with a bad landlord.