Your Guide to the 2026 General Election
All the candidates — including PA governor and U.S. reps — on the ballot on November 3
By Courtney Duchene and Lauren McCutcheon Can Philly End Car Crash Deaths?
Speed cameras, slow zones, speed bumps, bike lanes, congestion pricing, turn calming, even anti-poverty measures: What works; what doesn’t, when it comes to traffic safety
By D. Alex Quistberg Measles, Same as It Ever Was?
In 1991 after the preventable disease killed children in a small Christian sect in the Northeast, Philadelphia mandated vaccinations. What to do now that anti-vaxxing has gone national?
By Victor Fiorillo Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
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
By Christina Griffith Where Friendship Becomes a Ladder
How an Igbo community in West Philadelphia creates economic mobility
By Dr. Eric Nzeribe This, At Least, Is Not AI’s Fault
A Wharton fellow argues that a basic shortage of options — not modern software — is behind the affordable housing crisis
By Joseph Mason Ph.D. CHOP’s Gun Safety Rx
Can keeping kids safe from the number one cause of death come from candid healthcare professional-to-parent conversations — paired with free gun locks?
By Autumn Demberger Don’t Close Urban Golf Courses. Fill Them
A golfer and urbanist on why courses like Philly’s Cobbs Creek can be equalizers in cities that need more common spaces
By Diana Lind Do You Have a Philly Idea Worth Scaling Up?
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
By Courtney DuChene Keeping Us Safe From — or With — AI
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
By Patrick J. Murphy