Voice: Mark Dent
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The Bike Warrior
Stuart Leon is a colorful, crusading bicycle crash lawyer whose latest case over bike lane safety takes on City Council
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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
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Transit Oriented Development
The Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland has brought many of the benefits associated with gentrification—but few of the negatives
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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?
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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?
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The Dangers of Disruption
In a cautionary tale, a Philly entrepreneur with big dreams runs afoul of the Philadelphia Water Department
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Biking Into The Future
Other cities are adopting dockless bike share. But will it work for Philly’s diverse ridership?
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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.
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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?
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Inside Philly Trump Country
Jim Kenney may have grown up in South Philly, but one ward there is all about the president
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