Where Friendship Becomes a Ladder

All the candidates — including PA governor and U.S. reps — on the ballot on November 3

This week in Philly we have Roxtoberfest, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Italian Fest, Brian Henson’s Puppet Up, REEL OCTOBER, Collective Futures, Night of Lights in Chestnut Hill, Black-Tie GayBINGO!, and much more

A Wharton fellow argues that a basic shortage of options — not modern software — is behind the affordable housing crisis

Can keeping kids safe from the number one cause of death come from candid healthcare professional-to-parent conversations — paired with free gun locks?

A golfer and urbanist on why courses like Philly’s Cobbs Creek can be equalizers in cities that need more common spaces

Calling all small nonprofits and do-good businesses: Enter now for a chance to present your homegrown innovation at this year’s Ideas We Should Scale Showcase

An ISIS mass casualty attack was stopped in PA this past week, which, a local former congressman says, opens debate over frontier AI technology being used by law enforcement

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

In a special live episode, former mayors Kasim Reed of Atlanta, Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and GT Bynum of Tulsa talk about shaping the next generation of civic leaders via an innovative new program at Penn

Healthcare workers in the U.S. are five times more likely to experience violence on the job. The head of Penn Medicine and a local U.S. Representative want to change that