The Philadelphia Museum of Art claims to house more than 240,000 pieces of priceless artwork, objects and decorative materials. Additionally, there are more than 200,000 items in the museum’s library ...

Philadelphia voters will decide whether an independent board should be created to monitor and investigate the city's jail system. "Society would have us to believe that persons that don't own a home ...

(TNS) - Philadelphia may change how the city coordinates its public-safety response by establishing a new, high-level position in city government that would oversee the police, fire, prisons, and ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In the 1980s, Philadelphia educator and justice advocate Ruth Bacon championed a ...

A city-wide pitch competition Tuesday allowed Black youth to present creative ways to transform the effects of gun violence as it disproportionately affects their demographic. The event was sponsored ...

Philadelphia will use a $7.5 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to help raise the city’s share of homeowners of color. The “Philly 5 by 25” initiative will provide grants to help households ...