Tag: Philadelphia

Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates

Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates

What Philadelphians need to know about the city’s 7,000-camera surveillance system

What Philadelphians need to know about the city’s 7,000-camera surveillance system

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at .25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise it have failed

Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise it have failed

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students

More vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter

More vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter

Philly parents worry about kids’ digital media use but see some benefits, too

Philly parents worry about kids’ digital media use but see some benefits, too

Are rents rising in your Philly neighborhood? Don’t blame the baristas

Are rents rising in your Philly neighborhood? Don’t blame the baristas

Philadelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013 – researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system

Philadelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013 – researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system