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Philadelphia Museum of Art workers hope their strike victory can inspire others
On Oct. 14, unionized employees at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) achieved a monumental contract victory with museum management, ending a 19-day strike. The tentative agreement, which runs through June 30, 2025, raised the hourly minimum wage, reduced health...
What City Council Got Right on Housing
The newly released annual report from PHDC, the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation, offers an updated look at where Philadelphia is spending its Basic Systems Repair Program (BSRP) funds, and who the beneficiaries of that spending are. The Basic Systems...
Wolf signs hastily passed $2 billion tax package that encourages natural gas production in Pa.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a $2 billion tax credit package for the hydrogen production, milk processing, and biomedical research industries into law, capping months of quiet negotiations between the Democrat and top Republicans in the General Assembly....
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Doug Mastriano said on the campaign trail he wants Pennsylvania to be the “Florida of the north.” Many voters scoffed at the notion, but he wasn’t entirely wrong in one aspect. U.S. News & World Report’s newest list of...
Brutal Beauty
Born from the ruins of the second world war, few architectural styles are as polarising – or aptly named – as brutalism. But the famously stark concrete monoliths – long since associated with communist countries – are having a moment. The thing about brutalism: It’s...
‘People are scared’: Philly senators agree crime is bad, but say Krasner isn’t the problem
State senators representing Philadelphia County aren't impressed by the impeachment push against the city's district attorney, Larry Krasner, by House Republicans. "They consistently refuse to allow Philadelphia to pass restrictions on guns in the city. They're trying...
The 2022 Philly Power 100
Philadelphia has been a locus of power for as long as such a thing has existed on these shores. Even before there were states to unite, the city lured those with ambition – political, economic, religious and cultural – and throughout the ensuing centuries, the path to...
The 100 Most Influential Philadelphians Right Now
fter three years of tumult, we’re in a moment of assessment as a city. Big changes loom — in our leadership, in our infrastructure, in the way we live our lives. We’re all busy picking up the pieces, seeing how they fit back together. Maybe those pieces fall into the...
State money for after-school program
An after-school program provider that serves seven South Philly schools received a $200,000 state grant. The grant was secured by state Sen. Nikil Saval and state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler and awarded to Sunrise of Philadelphia, a community-based out-of-school time and...
Pennsylvania House Moves to Impeach Philadelphia’s Progressive D.A.
Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment on Wednesday against Larry Krasner, the unabashedly progressive district attorney of Philadelphia, charging that he had been “derelict in his obligations” to prosecute crimes in a...
Temple Hospital employees picket amid potential strike
Temple University Hospital employees, represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff and Allied Professionals and Temple Allied Professionals, picketed in front of the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center...
Weekslong Philadelphia Museum of Art strike ends
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- On Monday at 8 a.m., employees entered the Philadelphia Museum of Art back on the job after the 19-day walkout. One worker raised a fist as he entered the museum doors. The deal was ratified on Sunday night by 99% of the union. "We feel very...
A Pennsylvania Program Will Provide Free Repairs – So Long As Landlords Don’t Hike Rents
In July, Pennsylvania’s legislature passed a law that could revitalize deteriorating homes across the state. The Whole Home Repair Act sets aside $125 million for grants to low and middle-income homeowners and forgivable loans for small landlords to repair or retrofit...
Hammering Democrats on crime, Pa. Republicans target a liberal prosecutor
PHILADELPHIA — Campaigning on crime and looking for boogeymen, Republicans in Pennsylvania have zeroed in on Philadelphia's progressive district attorney, a national leader on criminal justice reform who could be impeached just ahead of the November election. The...
What Socialist Politicians Can Do: An Interview with Nikil Saval
Nikil Saval was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 2020. Insofar as there is a typical path to American public office, Saval didn’t follow it. The New York Times called him the “n+1 candidate” (after the magazine he used to co-edit); he was a reporter and...
Krasner impeachment hearings kick off, with witnesses — many on videotape — also placing blame on mayor and police commissioner
The Pa. House panel deciding whether to impeach District Attorney Larry Krasner began public hearings Thursday at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Inside, state lawmakers on the recently-formed Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order heard testimony from Philadelphians...
Philadelphia Ballet breaks ground on new building, quadrupling its size
The Philadelphia Ballet has ceremoniously broken ground on a new building that will nearly quadruple the size of its home on North Broad Street. Construction of the new five-story building of glass and steel, which will contain a black-box performance space, rehearsal...
Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are on strike ‘until we get the contract we deserve’
Unionised workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) began a strike against the museum today (26 September). This is the latest action that the museum’s union has launched since contract negotiations began in the fall of 2020. Over 100 members of the union, which...
Philadelphia Museum of Art workers strike, again
Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are on strike, forming a picket line early Monday morning at the museum’s North Entrance on Kelly Drive. The “wall-to-wall” union of about 180 workers from nearly every department at the museum has been negotiating for its...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Go on Strike Indefinitely
Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) went on strike today, September 26, as nearly two years of union negotiations have failed to yield a contract. The PMA Union staged a one-day warning strike on September 16, but now, workers say they are striking...