Year: 2026

In this special report, Philadelphia Neighborhoods talks to gun users in the Philadelphia region. Each are sharing about the insight they gain from the experience they have while operating these weapons.

Members of OnePA Renters United will testify in City Hall today in favor of the passage of the Safe and Healthy Homes, a legislative package introduced by Councilman Nicolas O’Rourke

Overbrook residents made their voices heard at School Board meeting on Feb 26.

As a potential closure looms, the mother and daughter speak up to keep their shared educational home.

Rhemar Pouncey uses her voice to fight for her grandson’s school and the Community Meeting to Save Overbrook Elementary School.

At Carver High School in North Philadelphia students are telling their own stories and combatting stereotypes through journalism.

In Fairhill, rents have risen over the past decade even as thousands of parcels of land sit vacant. This piece follows residents who steward these lots to resist development and examines the policies that quietly reshape daily life—and the people pushing back.

While Philadelphia experiences a historic decline in homicide and murder rates, the trauma of gun violence continues to mark the everyday lives of residents in the city.