Changing Communities

The reinvention of Society Hill in the 1960s is widely considered one of the first instances of gentrification — although no one called it that at the time.

As neighborhoods gentrify, there is a complex web of effects — some positive, some negative. This week WHYY is examining those changes from the ground up.

On a Monday morning last month people packed the Pittsburgh mayor’s conference room to witness the city’s successful transition to fi ...

On Monday, Pittsburgh became the second city to exit Act 47, the state’s oversight program for financia ...

State College has boomed in recent years due to the presence of Penn State's main campus. But what does that mean for low-income residents?

A widely shared article used Johnstown, Pennsylvania as a lens to showcase the loyalty of President Trump’s supporters. But local residents are balking at the portrait.

State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.

A Montgomery County teen was admittedly curious when she came home from school this month and sorted through the mail. But that curiosity soon turned to outrage.

Anyone who thinks refugees in America get a golden ticket hasn’t met Tatiana Angama.

More college campuses in Pennsylvania recently got a visit from a group identified as a white nationalist hate group by the Southern Pove ...

The Pennsylvania Economy League released a report on Tuesday showing predictions in its last study have borne out. That’s no ...

In a few years, the Norris Apartments, a public housing project in North Philadelphia will be ...

Germantown Avenue, stretching from North Philadelphia through Chestnut Hill, is one of the oldest streets in the country. Often referred ...

On a recent summer evening, hundreds of people - lawn chairs and blankets in tow flocked to SteelStacks, a premiere arts campus at the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation plant

For the better part of a decade, Omar Gray tirelessly cleaned the area's streets, cracks and crevices as an employee with the Germantown Special Services District.