By counting prisoners as living in their prisons and not their home addresses, Pennsylvania’s system for drawing political maps benefits white, rural voters at the expense of urban ones, disproportionately affecting people of color.

There is no record to indicate whether the hardwood to softwood arrangement was planned or simply coincidental.










Wish you could zoom down Broadway without getting stopped at every light? Keep dreaming.
Banks was an icon of the airwaves in Philadelphia for decades on WUSL-Power 99FM, where he was an on-air personality and production director.
So, you’re fresh off the Amtrak at 30th Street Station and looking for that dream within a dream: an apartment where your stove isn’t in your living room and your rent isn’t your firstborn. Welcome, wayward Brooklynites, to the promised land.
This brouhaha is hardly about black nail polish, or red polish, or any polish for that matter. It’s about control. And Outlaw, who at 43 has been in law enforcement for more than 20 years, knows it.

The move positions the state as a national leader in countering domestic terrorism inspired by racism.

Hey there. I’m Barbara Laker, an investigative reporter at the Inquirer. I was on the team that spent months reporting how harmful environmental conditions like lead paint in Philadelphia schools are poisoning the city’s children. Our reporting spurred millions of dollars of investment in clean up efforts, new regulations, and more. This kind of important journalism is only possible with your support.
There’s a place for everyone, whether you want to hear E-A-G-L-E-S chants or would prefer to sip on an Aperol spritz.
"I really fell in love with the city. It has all the culture of a big city, but I never felt like it was in charge of me. When I walk out the door in New York, I’m like, the city is in charge. But in Philly, it felt like much more of a partnership."
Fresh off his James Beard nominated cookbook, the man keeping time for The Roots gives us his top 13 picks for where to eat in Philly.
