Police Are Not the Solution to the Problems at Devil’s Pool

The beloved (and illicit) Fairmount Park swimming hole needs help. Just not the law enforcement kind

By Kyle Bagenstose
The New Urban Order

App or Nothing

After a close call while walking across a Philly street, an urbanist says we grown-ups need to ditch the screen-based, plugged-in multitasking too

By Diana Lind

Where’d the $1.8 Billion Go?

Philly schools may have spent their federal stimulus funds wisely. How they tracked their spending? Not so wise. Two education leaders on why and how to fix that

By Suzanne McLeod and Kathryn Blackman

Meet Your Health Hero Challenge Finalists

And then there were three. Vote for your favorite Be Well Philly Health Hero by September 30

By Laura Brzyski

Angela Duckworth’s New Direction

With Situated, the author of bestselling Grit reframes her famed hypothesis

By Victor Fiorillo

Things to Do This Week For America’s 250th

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

By Christina Griffith
Guest Commentary

Stopping Crime Starts at Home

Could proactive community involvement have prevented the horrors at Chew Avenue and Ada Lewis Middletown School? A state lawmaker believes so

By Darisha Parker

There’s (Probably) a Club for That

The guy behind Join Philly doesn’t just want people to do more things and make more friends. He wants them to stick around

By Cristian Salazar
Guest Commentary

Philadelphia’s Monumental Failure of Imagination

Philly does not merely underfund the arts, a local creator contends. It produces Black cultural brilliance, exports it to the world, and then fails to preserve the people, places, and institutions that made that brilliance possible

By Tayyib Smith