A lot has been written already about the ongoing student debt crisis, and the various solutions proposed to alleviate it. I’m not going to waste time rehashing any of these arguments because it’s unnecessary. …

This is a very long article (at least for medium) and different than what I have previously published here, but I tried my best to put in clear headings to make it easier to navigate. I will first begin with my experience generally, and then move through each study method…

A lot can and should be said about the national systemic failures which have exacerbated this Coronavirus crisis, but from a Philadelphia perspective, nothing has been as frustrating as watching Mayor Kenney waste a week trying to negotiate in good faith with owner Joel Freedman over the closed Hahnemann Hospital…

It’s been three years since Philadelphia’s Beverage Tax was signed into law by Mayor Jim Kenney, and the contentious bill remains a prominent issue across the city. Signs in some restaurants/delis blame the tax for price increases, the reliably regressive philly.com …

A few weeks ago, Philadelphia Councilman Mark Squilla introduced a seemingly minor zoning bill which targeted a building in the North Philadelphia Kensington neighborhood. It just so happens that this building is the exact location which has been selected as Philadelphia’s first safe injection site by the nonprofit Safehouse which…