Ernest Owens

After so much Philadelphia politics-as-usual, the tide feels like it could be turning, thanks to a group of politicians, activists and advocates.

This is what I heard when I heard Celena Morrison yell, “I work for the mayor!”

Politics-as-usual in Philadelphia is about to get turned upside down. Here are the stories that will shape the year ahead.

No issue is more critical to the future of Philadelphia than public safety. So we spent an evening in a squad car with interim commish John Stanford Jr., the man who thinks he’s got the best plan to secure our streets.

Here’s everything you need to know for Tuesday’s election.

Why the senator’s endorsement of Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke Is a big deal.

The superstar’s nearly three-hour tour de force couldn’t have arrived at a more urgent time when her Black and queer muses are under attack.

The transit agency’s recent policy is a performative anti-crime stunt that won’t change a damn thing.

The Young Chances Foundation visionary is providing kids in his neighborhood with resources that could have made a difference for him.

Owens: When the people running for mayor won’t hold key officials accountable because of identity politics, it’s a disservice to voters.

With days until the midterm election, get-out-the-vote efforts need to take priority over attack ads and polarizing rhetoric.

A recent pattern in these tragedies is that they often involve marginalized people being killed in institutionally neglected spaces. We need to look hard at why that’s so.

After a series of embarrassing endorsement flops in the Pa. primary, the Democratic City Committee needs new leadership, ASAP.

So far, I’ve not contracted COVID. Following the city’s flip-flopping on a new mask mandate, I’m relying my own common sense — and remaining vigilant.

The plan would increase spending to “reimagine policing in Philadelphia to ensure public safety.” It would only exacerbate the problem.

The $15 million the celebs pledged to send kids to private schools further chips away at a public-school system we owe it to ourselves, and to “our kids,” to fix.

Turnout was dismal in an election with big implications for the courts and bigger implications for 2022 . If Democrats want to retain any of the power they gained last year, they’d better start shaking the table, now.

Police fed the press a story that Philadelphians lacked humanity and courage. It’s not the first time they’ve lied to us, but it should be the last time we take their initial reports as truth.

Labor boss John J. Dougherty is finally in court after being charged in a federal bribery and corruption case along with Councilmember Bobby Henon. Guilty or not, no one man should have all that power.

The abrupt departure of Philly Pride Presents leadership gives LGBTQIA community members a golden opportunity to build something that represents all of us — and that’s completely unlike what came before.