How Mayor Parker Wants to Spend Your Money in 2026

A visual representation of the per-resident cost of the City's budget — and how it has changed from last year — in partnership with Committee of Seventy

By Nick Hand

Let’s Expand — Not Cut — Free SEPTA for Workers

Mayor Parker has proposed reducing the amount of City money spent on free transit passes for government workers. Here’s why that’s a mistake

By Jon Geeting

Mayor Parker’s Best Housing Ideas

The new plan lays out an ambitious array of changes to speed up the building of new affordable housing in Philly

By Jon Geeting

Early Promise in Kensington 

After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.

By Mensah M. Dean

Want More Housing? Fix the Land Bank

Dozens of proposed new homes are sitting in limbo because City Council won’t release City-owned properties for affordable development

By Jon Geeting

Parker’s Gun Violence Prevention Plan

The Mayor’s budget would maintain programs that she says helped drive down shootings, despite uncertainty under President Donald Trump

By Mensah M. Dean

Are We on the Path to Affordable Homes for All?

Mayor Parker’s Mission 30,000 could be a game-changer for Philadelphia’s housing crisis — if City Council doesn’t get in the way

By Jon Geeting

Does Philly Need Our Own (Gulp!) DOGE?

While Oligarch-in-Chief Musk wages culture war on the so-called deep state, what’s the way forward for local and national Democrats? Actually showing they can make government work better for you

By Larry Platt

Just What Is A Sanctuary City?

What we know so far about the debate swirling around immigrants, Donald Trump and Philadelphia

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Hey, Philly! It’s Time to Review Mayor Cherelle Parker

In 2023, we asked citizens to play the role of employer ahead of the mayoral primary. Now, it’s time for our 100th mayor’s one-year review.

By Courtney DuChene