Neighborhoods

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

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

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.

Many Philadelphia Residents lost temporary access to SNAP benefits last year amid the government shutdown. More changes may lie ahead for them in 2026

The Philly based art collective The Thread creates public spaces for collective grief, using art and community practices to support people navigating loss.

Julius Rodriguez, a Philadelphia native, organized his first showcase of his amateur boxers at Presha Gardens in the Huntington Park area.