Social Justice
Black Male Mental Health Must Matter
Around the country, Black teen suicide rates are growing at a scary pace. A Philly social worker, who is also a Black man, calls for help
By Kenneth Bourne IIThe TikTok Historian
Isa Segalovich brings critical race theory to the short video site. Can she defy the platform’s notorious frivolity in favor of serious discussion?
By RJ RushmoreArt Is Social Justice
In an excerpt from a new book commemorating the Barnes Foundation’s 100th anniversary, Mural Arts’ Jane Golden and the Barnes’s Valerie Gay argue for art as a tool for social justice
By Martha LucyDoes Philly Need Rent Control?
Philadelphia once led the country on keeping rents down — and, says the director of our city’s Rent Control Coalition, we can do it again
By Karen HarveyIncredibly Affirming and Wrenchingly Sad
A few White men at the March on Washington, from a leader of the B Corp movement
By Jay Coen GilbertGrassroots Housing Reparations
A rapper-turned-community activist is preserving Black wealth in Portland, the Whitest big city in America, by helping homeowners repair — and therefore stay — in their homes
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyAli Velshi on Cash Bail
In the U.S., defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. So, why are half a million Americans stuck in jail, awaiting their court date?
By Ali VelshiDoes Anyone Care that the Cops Lied?
Police killed a young man in his car within five seconds of a traffic stop — and then tried to cover it up
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyThe Progressive Allergy to Solutions
Spurred by the Meek Mill case, a bipartisan bill in Harrisburg would once again take on state probation reform. So why do progressive organizations like the ACLU prefer maintaining the status quo … to actually fixing the problem?
By Larry PlattWhy We Should Legalize Marijuana in PA
A bipartisan bill in the state senate would legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana. Here’s why PA should join NJ, DE, NY, and 20 other states that’ve done the same
By Jemille Q. Duncan