Topic: Crime
The Krasner Warning Signs
The DA’s first three months have revealed incompetency. But is there something more troubling at play?
By Larry Platt
Mapping To The Rescue
An app that tracks overdoses is helping police predict the spread of dangerous opioids. Could it help turn the tide on the epidemic?
By Quinn O'Callaghan
Quaker City Coffee
A Federal Donuts owner and a former inmate partner up to pair your coffee with something much needed: Jobs for the recently incarcerated
By Annie McDonough
The Problem With Prosecutors
The Seth Williams saga raises concerns about those who dole out justice. Is there another way?
By David A. Love
Bobbing and Weaving Through A Minefield
Filmmaker El Sawyer has gone from from prisoner to presidential advisor with one goal: Helping ex-inmates make it on the outside
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Free gun locks
Gun locks prevent accidental shootings of and by children. Philly should follow the example of Boston and others in giving them away—or follow the lead of one of our own
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Pay Your Taxes at 7-11
Plus: Ending domestic violence with focused deterrence and saving lives by walking
By Stephen St. Vincent
“Florida Man”
How the namesake of unusual, hilarious, and terrifying antics, points towards effective government
By Stephen St. Vincent
Dying is Easy
A Temple Hospital program, Cradle 2 Grave, shows students that guns do more harm than just killing
By Hannah Keyser
Connor Barwin’s Civic Season
This week, the all-pro linebacker and citizen activist measures how our civic health stacks up against New York
By Connor Barwin