From Putrid to Promising

This week we have our first official fireworks of the Independence Day celebration season, plus Ignite Philly, The Breeders, Manayunk Art Festival, Family Fest at the Navy Yard, and more

Historic properties deserve preservation, but a circa 2019 loophole unfairly limits nearby residents’ input, says an attorney and concerned neighbor

Individual faith groups have begun the work of grassroots reparations for Black Philadelphians. Imagine, the movement’s organizer asks, if we could get 100 congregations on board?

The miracle of Black life — despite centuries of alienation from our American experiment — is our insistence on finding kinship with each other. That is what we celebrate this weekend

Your curated list of the best semiquincentennial events, exhibits, and activities happening in and around Philly

Amid concerns over robberies and fatal shootings at stores that have them, PA Supreme Court bans skill games, and Philly (mostly) rejoices

A special episode of our podcast with former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter explores how eight cities are tackling one of our country’s most pressing problems

What to do when your Eagle’s Eye cardigan or Rick Owens platform booties need a fix? A Fairmount entrepreneur has an increasingly convenient solution

Is Port Richmond the coolest library in Philadelphia? If so, it’s thanks to a clever, kind, and innovative worker bee living three blocks away (and actual bees who dwell there)

A long-time university president asks us to promote merit-only criteria for scientific funding