Neighborhoods

The story of gentrification is not unique to Philadelphia, but I'm concerned with the current tone of discussion around development.

Residents in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood say conditions have gotten worse there since the city and Conrail began sealing ...

The skies were blue and the air was crisp Saturday morning at 72nd Street and Woodland Avenue as the Rev. Paul “Earthquake” M ...

New data reveals that more than 90 percent of the state’s municipalities have cases pending in immigration court, the fifth-largest cas ...

Keystone Crossroads recently examined one Pennsylvania community where racial tension has turned violent, even fatal, multiple times over ...

Once dubbed Murder Town, USA, the city of Wilmington is now considered one of America’s best small cities. The online lifes ...

On April 25, more than 300 residents of Mt. Airy filled the sanctuary of Oxford Presbyterian Church for a three-hour meeting to hear from ...

Brewerytown has changed. Its close proximity to the park, public transportation, and Center City has made it one of Philadelphia’s ...

I go to way too many candlelight vigils. They are the sunset rituals where loved ones gather following a violent death, often held ...

The trees lining the wide grass bowl provide plenty of shade for fans of one of the acts taking center stage at the Clark Park Festival, ...

Happy Birthday, America! From the very beginning, science has shaped this country. Many of the Founding Fathers — Madison, Jefferson, W ...

When voters cast ballots for state representatives last fall, millions of Americans essentially had no choice: In 42 percent of all such ...

For many years, large public prayer gatherings have been held on Eid al-Fitr in Clara Muhammad Square, which is adjacent to a large mosqu ...

Each year, a Missouri  man created a bigger and more explosive pyrotechnics display — until the summer an ATF agent showed up at his d ...

Something about crazy drunk Omar being dead. On a friend’s facebook page. That’s how I got the news last week. That’s one of the ug ...