Topic: Texas Solutions
Ideas We Should Steal
Get the DOJ to Investigate Illegal Dumping
An ongoing federal investigation into illegal dumping in poor, majority Black neighborhoods in Houston is already cleaning things up. Could it happen in Philadelphia?
By Nick RussoSussing Out — and Stopping — Illegal Dumping
Philly has more illegal dumping surveillance cameras than other major cities, but far fewer arrests and convictions. Here’s what we know about illegal dumpers — and a system that rarely stops them.
By Nick Russo
Ideas We Should Steal
Institutional Racism Task Force
Austin faced uncomfortable truths about the city's inequities with a deep look into its racist past. Maybe it’s time for Philly to confront its own history
By Quinn O'CallaghanWhy Not Us?
Pennsylvania leads the world in cancer research. So why is Texas turbo-charging its economy by investing so much more in the fight?
By Richard Vague