Devin loved his mother, football, hugs, dancing and making jokes. He was killed on his way to school. inquirer.com/news/devin-wee…

“But once we sat down and figured out it was us against them rather than us against us, we had the structure and numbers.” Powerful story from Massarah Mikati | مسّرة ميقاتي 🇱🇧 exploring coalition making in a neighborhood long defined by segregation & racial violence.

Rachel King was driving her son to violin practice on the morning she was killed. She taught history, mentored students and made her family laugh with a "knee-slapping" sense of humor, reports Rodrigo Torrejón. inquirer.com/news/rachel-ki…

No, a “microtransit zone” is not some mythical land of tiny buses and trains. tomfitzgerald has the scoop on a transit, dare I say, innovation from SEPTA. inquirer.com/transportation…

Philadelphia is getting a revised bus service and understanding what's changing amongst the 125+ routes can be a little confusing. So we built this story. Enter your address and we'll tell you what's changed for you. Now on The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/transportation…

“Modern America, including New York, designates some categories of people as socially dead — part of an underclass that is subject to exclusion, indifference, or even outright hatred and violence.” nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Charter schools discriminate in all types of ways — but this is the closest I’ve seen to literal redlining. inquirer.com/family/frankli…

Jeff Brown founded a nonprofit that provided job training to hundreds of formerly incarcerated people It has also paid well over $1.5M in recent years to Brown’s company - via office leases, lunch purchases or to reimburse corporate donations inquirer.com/news/philly-ma…

Khalif Mujahid-Ali, a devoted community organizer who wrapped his arms around the city’s youth and “took every homicide personally,” died this week. He was 60 years old. “He just cared in a way that was so authentic.” w/ Massarah Mikati | مسّرة ميقاتي 🇱🇧 inquirer.com/news/khalif-al…

“They don’t have no hope,” he said of the city’s young people in a recent interview. “We have to show them that we love them, we care, we want to save their lives.” A moving tribute to a man who found his calling in caring for the next generation. inquirer.com/news/khalif-al…

All the election day live coverage you need for Philly's primary: inquirer.com/politics/elect… See the results starting at 8 p.m.: inquirer.com/politics/elect…

I don’t understand why SEPTA is idling trains for so long during rush hour. Is there a problem with the eastbound MFL?

Greetings from Helen Gym election night HQ! We’ve got reporters at all the top contenders’ events. Follow along: - Sean Walsh with Cherelle Parker - Ximena Conde with Rebecca Rhynhart - Jake Blumgart with Allan Domb - Zoe Greenberg with Jeff Brown

Always appreciate Bill McKinney's essays on Kensington, but this one is especially poignant after what was probably the most delirious election cycle I've witnessed in two decades here inquirer.com/opinion/commen…

A mayor who is in "the arena" and always going to give her "authentic self." Philly's first female mayor Cherelle Parker is already showing up differently than her male predecessors.

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The Inquirer is hiring a political reporter to join our stellar politics team and help cover 2024! Link to apply here and DMs open if you want to chat. us231.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…