Norristown man is charged with murdering a companion and hiding his body in a trash can
The trash can abandoned in the brush by the Schuylkill River Trail in Norristown smelled foul — so much so that one man who walked near it on Monday couldn’t…
Gov. Hochul must close this abusive state prison
Now is the time for Gov. Hochul to close Marcy Correctional Facility, a state prison so beset by tragedy and dysfunction that keeping it open would cause more harm than…
NYC & L.A. schools get it right on math
The math crisis narrative is now familiar: On the Nation’s Report Card in 2024, only two in five fourth graders were proficient in grade-level math. By eighth grade, proficiency drops…
SEPTA finished train car inspections, but Regional Rail commutes won’t improve right away. Here’s why
SEPTA finished intensive safety inspections of all 223 Silverliner IV Regional Rail vehicles on Friday morning, hours before a deadline set by federal regulators to finish the job. Yet only…
City Council kills ‘Ryder’s Law’ bill that sought to ban Central Park horse carriages in NYC
A City Council committee voted Friday to kill “Ryder’s Law,” a bill that would ban the Central Park horse carriages from operating in New York City, casting doubt over the…
The shutdown is over. The people whose SNAP benefits were frozen are still ‘kind of in shock’
On Wednesday morning, more than 300 people lined a narrow street in Nicetown, waiting to pick up groceries in a parking lot. Some held the hands of young children in…
We must help NYC’s paraprofessionals
They help blind students learn to navigate the city. They empower autistic students to communicate their needs. They monitor the well-being of children with severe medical conditions. They are the…
How city life taught me to see animals — and people — differently
I didn’t fall in love with the natural world on safari. I fell in love with the natural world around us on a city block. As a kid growing up…
Federal workers aren’t getting paid through the shutdown. Here’s how much they typically earn.
Unemployment claims for federal workers have been rising in Pennsylvania and New Jersey amid the longest government shutdown in the country’s history. Some federal workers across the country have been…
Some Philly special education students get no speech language services, despite being federally guaranteed them. Here’s why.
Hundreds of Philadelphia School District special education students are not getting services they are legally entitled to receive, those on the ground in city schools say — including speech, occupational…