Meet National Book Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado.

Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state legislator of color hopes to declare poverty a public health crisis.

And Philly might have to pay the price. Here’s why.

Thank annoyed cycling advocates — and the diminishing returns on a poorly conceived guerrilla marketing campaign.

Thank your lucky stars that Gritty isn’t involved in your office pool, because his is a certified winner.

The university will offer free walk-in vaccination clinics next week.

Here’s what Philly’s ballot position ritual was like on Wednesday.

On one side we have the privileged who reap its benefits without ever touching a sugary drink, and on the other the impoverished and people of color who fund those benefits.

Activist Abdul-Aliy Muhammad originally faced charges on seven counts over a protest of Council member Jannie Blackwell in February.

The city’s Vision Zero initiative is making serious strides this month.

Jaleel McFadden says that a company rule allowed white supervisors to block him from promotion for a decade.

Your guide to the local figures and businesses that got their names on the map.

Jeffrey Stockbridge’s work turns again and again to Kensington, a neighborhood in the grips of a crisis that he says is “all too often reduced to a photo of a needle.”

Daylin Leach and Sharif Street say their bill would also expunge previous low-level marijuana possession convictions.

“I’m the only candidate in the race who has worked on voting rights or election reform issues as part of their profession,” says attorney Kahlil Williams.