The Bike Warrior

Stuart Leon is a colorful, crusading bicycle crash lawyer whose latest case over bike lane safety takes on City Council

By Mark Dent

Philly’s Union Diversity Problem

Forty-five percent of the workers on Rebuild projects are supposed to be women or minorities. Is that attainable? A deep dive into our paucity of data about union membership

By Mark Dent
Ideas We Should Steal

Transit Oriented Development

The Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland has brought many of the benefits associated with gentrification—but few of the negatives

By Mark Dent

The Year of the Woman?

Madeleine Dean is among a spate of women and newcomers hoping to ride an anti-Trump wave into office. Will the same old PA politics stop them?

By Mark Dent

Our Electric Vehicle Gap

Philly lags behind other cities in putting city-owned electric cars on the street. Might SEPTA, of all places, be the model for how to turn that around?

By Mark Dent

The Dangers of Disruption

In a cautionary tale, a Philly entrepreneur with big dreams runs afoul of the Philadelphia Water Department

By Mark Dent

Biking Into The Future

Other cities are adopting dockless bike share. But will it work for Philly’s diverse ridership?

By Mark Dent

Rage Against The Voting Machines

Officials will tell you Pennsylvania elections are secure because our machines aren’t connected to the internet. They’re wrong.

By Mark Dent

Local Action!

The city has tried—and failed—twice before to pass local gun control. Is now the time to test the courts and state legislature and try again?

By Mark Dent

Inside Philly Trump Country

Jim Kenney may have grown up in South Philly, but one ward there is all about the president

By Mark Dent