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Ideas We Should Steal: Eliminating Bail for Nonviolent Crimes
A New York plan promises to save money, reduce prison overcrowding and cut down on prison violence. Could it work in Philly?
Where’s the Outrage?
How many political perp walks does it take for elected leaders to respond to stories of corruption with anything but “There but for the grace of God go I” relief?
Jim Kenney’s Gut Check
Zero-based budgeting is more radical than it sounds. Does the would-be mayor really have it in him to adopt it?
It Takes A (Queen) Village
A community split by demographics and two very different schools comes together for the kids
The Price of Corruption, Part Deux
The far-reaching implications of the Fattah indictment
Death to the Machine!
Forget reform. It’s time for the state Democratic party to kill off its worst enemy: The Philadelphia machine.
Ideas We Should Steal: Free Birth Control for Philly Teens
A Colorado program reduced that state’s teen birth rate by 40 percent by providing young women with long-acting reversible birth control.
Meet The Disruptor: Yasmine Mustafa
The 33-year-old entrepreneur couldn’t speak English when she came to the States from Kuwait as an eight-year-old. Now she’s developing fashionable safety jewelry for women and spreading a message of kick-ass empowerment
The Cost of Corruption
You’re actually paying for that parade of handcuffed, perp-walking politicians
Learning To Love Joe
Why Democrats should accept that Joe Sestak is running for Senate and get on with the business of governing