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Courts & Law

Mt. Airy renters say their landlord illegally collected rent. Now they’re suing

The lawsuit proposes class-action status and seeks repairs and the return of rent payments.

3 weeks ago

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Community

The Philadelphia 76ers are 5-1. Here’s why you should pay attention to them this year

After an abysmal season last year, the Sixers have won five of their first six games. If you’re looking for another Philly team to follow, here’s what to know.

3 weeks ago

Eli Storch of Design Advocacy Group presents a plan
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

6 ideas to transform the historic Roundhouse building

Designers at a recent symposium offered different visions to transform the former police HQ — into a bus station, hospital, housing or a museum — if it’s not demolished.

3 weeks ago

Bob Meyer looks into a microscope
Science

How Philadelphia seniors are tracking microplastics in streams and working to ‘leave a better world’

Members of the Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peer through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters.

3 weeks ago

Listen 5:03
Honey the cat is seen outside by ACCT Philly
Community

At barns, breweries and bookstores, Philly’s ‘working cats’ get a second chance through non-traditional adoption

Their adoptions are atypical but give the felines what they need: safe and sheltered forever homes with limited human interaction.

3 weeks ago

Volunteers prepare meals at Philabundance Community Kitchen
Community

Philly-based nonprofit launches food-mapping website as federal SNAP benefits are on pause for millions of Americans

Sharing Excess’ map, which shows locations in Philly, New York and Chicago, is connecting people to food pantries and distribution sites amid the SNAP pause.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:15
the School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education
Billy Penn

Philly students are using AI tools to write essays. Can they do so responsibly?

Artificial intelligence developers were likely not thinking of youth development when they created large language models. This intergenerational Penn research team is.

3 weeks ago

a SEPTA rider walks through the full-length fare gates
Urban Planning

Zero Fare has been a success, but some vulnerable Philly residents aren’t feeling the benefits of the free transit program

Residents in need are selected at random to get free rides on SEPTA. Some advocates say those with the greatest need should get priority.

3 weeks ago

Ribbon cutting ceremony for We Are All Bound Up Together mural
Arts & Entertainment

Black suffragist Frances Watkins Harper rises in new Germantown mural

With help from Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research, the mural draws attention to the activism of 19th-century Black women.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:14
A man loads foot for SNAP recipients onto a shelf
Community

Philadelphia food banks rush to meet increased demand amid SNAP freeze

Gov. Josh Shapiro is setting aside $5 million to aid food banks during the SNAP freeze. But nonprofits say more is needed.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:14
Items available at a Philly school cafeteria, with Eagles mascot Swoop in the background. (Courtesy School District of Philadelphia)
Education

1 in 3 Pa. SNAP recipients are kids. As cuts remain in limbo, Philly-area schools face ‘uncertainty’ feeding students

Nearly 241,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties receive SNAP benefits.

3 weeks ago

Listen 0:45
A SEPTA train
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

SEPTA granted extension on inspecting Regional Rail cars

The transit agency has until Nov. 14 to inspect more than 100 remaining cars. Until then, commuters can expect crowded trips.

3 weeks ago

Quakers raise their hands after a worship service at the historic West Room of the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia
Community

Young adults turn to Quakers’ silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world

There’s been an unprecedented surge in the numbers of attendees at Sunday worship at the Quaker Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia.

3 weeks ago

Students cross bridge of wooden stumps
Education

Bristol’s Nature Club teaches kids lessons on a forest floor

Natural environments are known to benefit childhood development. The Bristol School District includes a forest in its curriculum.

3 weeks ago

Listen 2:54
Passengers got on a Greyhound bus on Spring Garden Street
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Three years after shutting down, Philly’s old Greyhound station will reopen in 2026

Philadelphia is poised to once again have a proper bus station for Greyhound and other intercity carriers — back in the same spot where the terminal previously operated.

3 weeks ago

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