Billy Penn • January 24, 2023 DeSantis critics protest as Philly’s Union League honors Florida gov City Council members, the NAACP, and Black clergy joined the crowds outside the storied Republican bastion
Billy Penn • January 23, 2023 Can Republicans maintain a foothold in Philly? If WFP candidate Nicholas O’Rourke repeats his performance from four years ago, City Council could end up without any GOP at-large seats
Billy Penn • December 20, 2022 Jeff Brown is fashioning an outsider's campaign for Philly mayor The ShopRite magnate wants to be mayor despite lacking any political experience, a feat no one has accomplished in recent memory.
WHYY • November 25, 2022 Big brands and small businesses help Center City retail move closer to pre-pandemic levels A surge of new retailers has helped refill storefronts vacated during the pandemic.
WHYY • November 5, 2022 ‘Make sure they turn up’: Obama energizes Philly voters at Fetterman rally President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama headlined a raucous rally in Philadelphia to urge Democrats to get to the polls.
WHYY • November 1, 2022 Celebrating 100 years of the Frankford El The elevated railway helped transform Northeast Philadelphia, but its evolving role reflected broader societal changes that in some ways left it behind.
Shelterforce • October 25, 2022 New Philly Land Trust Was Promised Dozens of Homes. How's It Going? The trust is working to realize Jennifer Bennetch’s vision of an independent housing cooperative for formerly homeless people.
Philadelphia Inquirer • October 24, 2022 Philly mural artist is bringing back the golden days of Dunder Mifflin A stapler in molded jello. Michael Scott, gazing over his “World’s Best Boss” mug. And of course, “That’s what she said.”
Philadelphia Inquirer • October 7, 2022 ‘My weekdays will never be the same’: Philly audiences will miss Marty Moss-Coane on ‘Radio Times’ Longtime listeners were saddened by her decision to end the show.
Science History Institute • September 6, 2022 Confronting America’s Food Emergencies Can an upcoming White House conference muster the political will to address the nation’s food insecurity and obesity crises? A summit from 1969 offers clues.
Shelterforce • June 27, 2022 Something Old, Something New: Biden's Housing Plan The plan proposes dozens of measures to boost housing production, including incentives for local zoning reform and budget hikes for HOME and LIHTC.
Shelterforce • May 5, 2022 What Happened to Those Build Back Better Housing Investments? The collapse of Build Back Better took with it the promise of more than $300 billion in spending on affordable housing programs and tax credits.
Billy Penn • April 21, 2022 Philly businesses would have to offer pre-tax SEPTA passes under council plan As SEPTA struggles to coax back commuters, council wants more workers to have access to a tax break for buying transit passes.
Billy Penn • March 28, 2022 Philly's big illegal dumping problem Residents are furious as the city picks up more trash, catches fewer perpetrators
WHYY • January 28, 2022 The pandemic nightmare of being a working parent of young kids Many parents of children ineligible for vaccination feel torn between strict mitigation efforts at childcare programs and day-to-day realities.
WHYY • January 20, 2022 When school feels ‘chaotic’: parents struggle with COVID closures Remote learning led to chaotic scenes at Amina Malik’s home, where three of her children were learning virtually and the fourth stayed home to watch the others.
Shelterforce • December 14, 2021 Are Tiny Homes A Piece of the Affordable Housing Puzzle? They range from extremely small Pallet cabins used as homeless shelters, to larger multi-room structures, houses on wheels and luxurious vacation homes.
WHYY • November 15, 2021 John Dougherty, Bobby Henon convicted in federal corruption trial The jury agreed Dougherty bribed the councilman with a $70,000 salary for a no-show union job and tickets to sporting events.
WHYY • October 18, 2021 Sanitation Solutions: When the city let them down, Philly rose up — with orange trash cans “If it wasn’t for organizations like The Ray of Hope...things wouldn’t happen in these neighborhoods that have been neglected.”
