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 BagenstoseApp 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 LindWhere’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 BlackmanMeet Your Health Hero Challenge Finalists
And then there were three. Vote for your favorite Be Well Philly Health Hero by September 30
By Laura BrzyskiAngela Duckworth’s New Direction
With Situated, the author of bestselling Grit reframes her famed hypothesis
By Victor FiorilloThings 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 GriffithStopping 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 ParkerThere’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 SalazarPhiladelphia’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