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VIDEO: Philadelphia’s Mayor Parker Addresses Community Trust and Rollbacks at NoMo Foundation Event

Revive Media caught up with Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, Cherelle Parker, in a timely and revealing interview captured at the NoMo Foundation Back-to...
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The Trace

Could Philly’s $2 Billion Bet on Housing Help Reduce Gun Violence?

In Philadelphia, officials and residents hope that a new, sweeping housing plan will do more than alleviate the city’s long-standing problem of...
Screenshot of Mayor Cherelle Parker on WHHY's studio 2
WHYY

VIDEO: Philly Mayor Parker’s $2B housing plan

Mayor Cherelle Parker sits down with WHYY's Studio 2 to discuss her plan for building and preserving 30,000 housing units in the city and to reflect...
Common items like bins can be recycled at the Burns Material Recovery Facility in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
WHYY

‘Philly ain’t playing’: City steps up anti-dumping enforcement efforts

Forty additional city employees have been given authority to issue notices of violation against illegal dumpers. They hit the streets next month. Read...
Philly students have shown improvement in a number of areas over the past three years, including test scores, but some measures are still far from the targets set by the city’s Board of Education (Billy Penn File Photo)
Billy Penn

Early data shows progress in math for Philadelphia students, with lots of room for overall improvement

Philly students are showing higher test scores and increased attendance, but are still lagging in reading scores. Read more.