Mensah Dean is a staff writer at The Trace. Previously he was a staff writer on the Justice & Injustice team at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he focused on gun violence, corruption and wrongdoing ...

Philadelphians don't rest on history. We show up, we work, we celebrate, and find ways to "touch the bell" without literally laying hands on bronze ...

It’s not the progressive stances of the New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani; it’s his practical solutions ...

Ali Velshi and Max Brooks sit down to discuss his zombie apocalypse thriller, World War Z, and what it says about government ...

Committee of Seventy’s CEO set out to adopt a little girl from foster care. Here’s what it taught her about democracy ...

Residents have had it with the constant, torturous ice cream truck jingle and lack of food safety licenses. Is there anything ...

I’ve always loved the Fourth of July. As a native Southwest Philadelphian, I have early childhood memories of taking the trolley with my mother to watch the fireworks from the Belmont Plateau. We also ...