Topic: Police Reform
Social Justice Symposium for Teens
The annual Free Library event, started by librarian Erin Hoopes, returns this weekend with an agenda for change
By Patrick Bilow
The First Cosby Accuser
Author, preacher and former Penn prof Michael Eric Dyson on the fall of Bill Cosby, the rise of Meek Mill, and the meaning of Starbucks
By Larry Platt
Why We Raise Taxes
A good government advocate argues that our leaders raise taxes on the poor city because they run the city poorly
By Brett Mandel
Yoni Nadav
The North Philly business owner will give a $75 gift card today to anyone who turns in a gun, no questions asked
By Jamie Bogert
Walk In My Shoes
Cops and community members share the stage to bare their souls in a new Theater of Witness production
By Sarah Jordan
The Untold Story of the Black Cop
It’s more complicated than “Black Lives” versus “Blue Lives”
By David A. Love
Citizen Mystery Shopper (Part 3)
Fixing a hole, repairing a light, getting a copy of a police report and more
Using Math to Predict Police Misconduct
Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates
By Stephen St. Vincent
Meg Ferrigno
The West Philly resident turned a violent confrontation with police into a haven for peace and compassion
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Zero Tolerance For Zero Tolerance
An innovative Police Department program works to upend the schools-to-prison pipeline
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy