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Aziz poses for a portrait at the recovery home where he lives in South Philadelphia on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Solmaira Valerio)
Kensington Voice

New Kensington ‘fast-track court’ lands most with warrants, back into the cycle of addiction and homelessness

Kensington Voice collected and verified data on 87 people who were arrested during the first months of the program and tracked their journeys through...
Photo illustration of Mayor Cherelle Parker pointing right hand up to a small, illustrated house
The Philadelphia Citizen

The Incredible Shrinking Housing Plan?

By the time Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker presented details of her Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) plan to City Council earlier this...
Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington, second from left, Mayor Cherelle Parker, and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Arthur Steinberg stand along others on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 (Carly Sitrin / Chalkbeat)
Chalkbeat

Philadelphia teachers union ratifies new contract that gives teachers raises, parental leave

Members of the Philadelphia teachers union voted to ratify the union’s new contract with the school district Thursday that includes annual 3% raises...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, flanked by Superintendent Tony Watlington and Education Chief Debora Carrera, announces that 15 new schools will participate in the “extended day, extended year” school initiative at Philadelphia City Hall on Friday, June 27, 2025. (Carly Sitrin / Chalkbeat)
Chalkbeat

Philly mayor adds schools to extended-day initiative, says it’s year-round school ‘in my mind’

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s signature “extended day, extended year” school initiative is expanding to 15 new schools next year, even as it...
Aerial view of homes in Philadelphia
Green Philly

Mayor Parker’s $2 Billion H.O.M.E. plan to tackle housing & climate change

Philadelphia is facing two challenges: the need to increase affordable housing and mitigate the effects of climate change, which include increased...